Basmati Rice Sweet Pongal

Basmati sweet Pongal is highly flavourful one !!

Basmati rice gives a very deep intense flavour to the sweet pongal ,which the raw rice fails to give.

As such pongal is a very special dish which is actually madantory in a pooja or as a prasadam.It is one of the common dish which one can expect in an occassion or a special event.One needs to try with basmati rice to relish it with a simply breathtaking aroma !!

Ingredients :-

Basmati rice     1 cup

Moong dhal      ¼ cup

Jaggery               11/4 cup – 11/2 cup

Ghee                    6-7 tbsp

Salt                       a pinch

To tamper  :-

Cashew                        10 nos

Raisins                           10 nos

Cardamon powder       ¼ tsp

Edible camphor             a pinch

Ghee                                I tbsp  

Method :-

In a thick bottomed vessel add the jaggery & water ¼ cup .

Heat this till it boils well & jaggery gets disintergrated.

Now filter it in a sieve & set aside.

In a cooker cook rice & dhal   with 1;2 water & a pinch of salt for 10 -12 minutes.

Let the pressure get released naturally.

Open the cooker and give it a good mix.

Let the mixture become like a paste.

Now add the jaggery water& give it a good mix.

So that no lumps are left behind.

Cook it on low flame ,stirring it now & then.

Add ghee in small quantity so that it does not stick to the bottom.

The more the ghee ,more the taste.

Let it cook till raw smell has disappeared.

Now tamper it & give a good mix.

Serve hot.