Hi, The first festival of the year - PONGAL - is just a few days away. I am going to mke sweet pongl for the first time. Please let m eknow recipies and tips for making pongal in a vengla satty (paanai).
Hi Priyaji!!! Today only i came through this thread. Will give you a easy way to prepare "Chakkara Pongal" Ingredients: Rice - 1 cup Moong Dal - 1/3 cup Milk - 1/2 litre Jaggery - 2 cups Ghee - 100 gms Cashewnuts - Fried Dry Grapes - Fried Preparation: Fry rice and moong dal in a empty kadai till you get nice aroma. Add milk and place it on a cooker for it to cook. After the rice and moong dal is cooked, keep it aside. Mix jaggery in warm water and filter to remove dust particles. Place a pan on the gas and pour the jaggery water in to it. With the help of a ladle, mix the jaggery water till bubbles appear. Once the bubbles appear, mix the cooked rice and moong dal till it becomes semi solid. Fry the cashewnuts and dry grapes in ghee and add to the content. Before removing from the gas, add the remaining ghee to the content. Chuda Chuda Chakra Pongal is ready to eat. (The measurements provided can be increased or decreased at your will as per your taste) Note: Adding lots of ghee would enhance the look and taste of Chakra Pongal. Try this and give your feedback. :2thumbsup:
Thanks Sri, My pongal came out well but it was not brown in colour instead it was white in colour...is it because of milk?
Hi priyaji! Very happy to hear that u have tried my recipe and it came out well(except the colour). The white colour may be because excess milk or the type of jaggery used in the recipe. What jaggery did u use? I mean is it Pagu vellam ( it will be dark brown in colour and specifically apt for sarkarai pongal) or Sarkarai vellam (It will be light yellow colour which is used for payasam and all)? Please reply to me so that i can help u to get the required colour Take care Bye.
Yes, I used the yellow vellam....I will try with paagu vellam next week. (he he he...now my hubby has to bear pongal once again )
Hi Priyaji!!! After trying give me your feedback. :thumbsup(don't worry generally, husbands usually love to eat recipes which wives try to learn newly till success is reached) Take care!!!
You can try Venn (White) Pongal from my blog. There are more South Indian recipes available in this blog. Enjoy cooking!!! Regards, Bhuvana
