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One convenient reason why blogging makes it worthwhile for me is because I can refer to my own recipes online anytime for years to come. I know it sounds silly, but it is true.  

 A few days ago while contemplating what to make for dinner; it occurred to me that it had been a while since I made the delicious Cheesy Vegetable Pulav. I decided to make it that evening, but could not remember the exact ingredients that went into the masala and so I scrambled to check for the recipe in my old diary. I usually scribble down recipes on-the-go in my diary with a handwriting that could give even the most ‘competent’ doctors a run for their money. Anyway I froze when I realized that I had not penned down this recipe and I thought that I had lost it for ever. I was about to yell at myself but as eureka moment realized that I had blogged that recipe and that I could refer to it at my own site. Boy! It was a strange feeling but suffice to say that I was pleased with myself! 

 Anyway, the ‘moral’ of this episode was to keep a record of my important recipes be it online or my diary.  I had prepared this recipe for Pongal January and was sitting pretty in the draft mode for way too long.

Anyway, this Sweet Pongal is a traditional sweet dish made with the combination of rice and moong daal.  This is prepared during special occasions and also made during the festival of Pongal/Sankranthi along with the spicy khichdi/ Khara Pongal.

 

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Ingredients:  

 

  • 1 cup rice
  • 1/4 cup moong daal
  • 1.5 cup jaggery
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 cup water
  • 1/4 cup dry coconut [use regular coconut if dry not available]
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder
  • Handful raisins
  • Ghee
  • cashews

 Method:

  •  Cook the rice along with the moong daal by adding both water and milk. This should be mushy and liquidy.
  • In a heavy bottom pan, melt the jaggery along with little water (1/4 cup).
  • Then add the cooked rice daal mixture and stir well.
  • Then add the dry coconut mixture and continue to stir until the water evaporates and the jaggery thickens up. If this is too dry, add little more milk to this.
  • Add the cardamom powder, 2 tsp ghee, mix and close the lid and switch off the gas.
  • In a separate pan add ghee and add the raisins and cashews. Stir until the raisins plump and cashews get a brown color.
  • Add to the sweet rice mixture and close the lid.

 

 

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