Recipes India - Chakara Pongal Recipe

Chakara Pongal Recipe

Ingredients:
• 1 Cup Rice
• ¼ Cup Moong Dal
• ½ Cup Jaggery
• 2 Cups Milk
• 1 Cup Ghee
• 4 Cloves
• 1 Tsp Nutmeg Powder
• ¼ Cup Cashews
• ¼ Cup Golden Raisins
• Cardamom Powder
• Edible Camphor

Method:
• Roast moong dal without oil.
• Cook rice, moong dal, milk and 3 cups of water till the rice gets cooked.
• Melt jaggery, by boiling it with little water, and mix this with the cooked rice.
• Put ghee and keep stirring until everything blends well.
• Fry cashews, raisins and cloves in little ghee.
• Add this along with nutmeg powder, cardamom powder, fried raisins, fried cashews and edible camphor to the cooked pongal.