Ingredients

• 1 cup - rice
• 1/4 cup - moong dal (yellow)
• 1/4 cup - jaggery
• 1/4 cup - ghee
• 1/4 cup - milk
• 1 pinch - cardamom
• A few - roasted cashew nuts

How to Make Plain Sakkarai Pongal

• Clean rice and yellow moong dal. Keep it aside for 5 minutes.
• Add 2 cups of water for rice and 1/2 a cup of water for yellow moong dal, and cook these two separately in a pressure cooker up to 3 whistles.
• In a pan, add jaggery, some water and heat it, till the jaggery melts.
• Boil milk and keep it aside to cool.
• In the jaggery pan, add cooked rice and yellow moong dal.
• Reduce flame, mix ghee and stir.
• Now add cardamom and roasted cashew nuts to it.
• Finally add milk, for a rich taste.
• Hot and delicious sakkarai pongal is ready to eat.