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CHettinad sakkari pongal, chettinad style of pongal celebration, pongal, pongal celebrations, Pongal in pongal paanai, pongal recipe, Sakkarai Pongal, Sarkarai Pongal, Traditional way of preparing sakkarai pongal
This has been the most delayed post from me. I wanted to do it last week itself but after pongal celebrations, I was totally tired and I am still having migraine headache from last week. Here is the traditional method of preparing pongal in pot(pongal panai). My pics are not so great this time π
Also I got organic jaggery this time, it was absolutely tasty. Never got the sugary feeling in this pongal. So the end result was totally tasty π
Ingredients:
Raw Rice/Pachai arisi : 1 cup
Moong Dal/Pasiparuppu : 1/4 cup
Jaggery : 1 cup
Milk : 1 cup (I used around 1 1/2 cup to make it rich)
Water : 3 to 4 cups (as required)
Ghee : 3 to 4 tablespoons(adjust according to your need)
Cashews : 2 tablespoons
Raisins : 1 tablespoon
Method:
- Wash raw rice with 1 cup of water and save the water in another vessel. If you find any impurities filter it.
- Set aside the rice.
- Heat 1 cup washed water+1 1/2 cup milk+1 cup normal water in the pot/pongal panai.
- When the milk boils and comes up to the rim of the pot/panai, we usually say “Pongal o Pongal ” and drizzle a bit of water over it.
- When it subsides, add the rice, moong dal and let it cook.
- In between keep checking if water is needed, in case it is needed we can add more.
- This rice has to be cooked more than the normal rice like a little mashed.
- When it is 95% done, in another pan heat jaggery powder with enough water to form a fine paste.
- Now filter it over the rice and mix well.
- Another small pan heat ghee and add cashews when it starts turning golden brown add raisins. When raisins pops, add this to the rice.
- By now the rice is fully ready and can be served.
This is how we celebrated pongal π
Hope you feel better soon, Malar!
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Thanks Aruna!!!
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Your celebration pictures are too good. Don’t worry, have a paracetamol, steaming two times a day, take lot of liquid food, also check out your glasses. Even I use to have migraine very often, once i had it for a week, finally glasses was the pblm – power got changed and my naughty kids changed the structure of the glass. Also this causes due to cold, cover your ears or plug cotton in ears, even while sleeping for two days.Have black tea. All these from my experience. Take Care.
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Ahhh, Thank you so much for the sweet words Deepa, I am as well guessing eye problem gotta checkup very soon. Thank you dear π
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Take care.
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Wow I love Sakkarai pongal- looks yummm dear. .. π
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Thanks Chitra π
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Delicious pongal, Malar! π
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Thanks Aiswarya π
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Super pa. Loved ur deco too
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Thanks Sri π
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sakkarai pongal must be so yummy with all the milk…TC of your health malar.how did u do the kolam in vessels ?its so clean and neat ..
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Thanks Sathya, I just used our normal kola kootu, it stayed well for few hours but later started to come π So next year I have no planned to do it π
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