Sweet Pongal Recipe (Sakkarai Pongal)

Ingredients

1 Cup Rice
½ Cup Moong Dal 
½ Cup Grated Jaggery or Palm Sugar
⅛ tsp. Green Cardamom Powder
2 to 3 tbsps. Ghee 
1 tbsp. Raisins
A pinch of Dried Ginger Powder
1 to 2 tbsps. Cashewsnuts broken
½ Cup Scrapped Coconut or Small Pieces of Coconut (sliced or chopped)

Method:

• Wash rice and moong dal together and keep aside.
• Pour 2¼ cups of water into pot or into a container. It is best to cook in pot as it would give a special flavour.
• When the water starts to boil, put the rice and moong dal into it.
• Add a pinch of salt to it.
• Keep checking the dal and rice, when the dal is cooked add grated Jaggery or palm sugar into it and stir continuously.
• Add green cardamom powder, a pinch of dried ginder powder, raisins and cashewnuts into the mixture.
• Cook on a medium flame till the jaggery blends well with rice. 
• Add grated coconut or pieces into the Pongal and mix well.
• Add ghee on the top of Pongal.
• Serve hot.