Be it any traditional occasion or celebration, Sakkarai Pongal and Medhu Vadai are prepared as offerings to the shrine at Hindu households. It is a delicious, lip-smacking gourmet that children love too. Check out the preparation method and required ingredients below:
Required Ingredients:
- Raw rice Ύ cup
- Moong Dal 3 tablespoons
- Jaggery 1 cup (this has to be reduced to Ύ cup)
- Cashew nuts 10 Nos
- Raisins few
- Cardamom powder a pinch
- Ghee 3 to 4 tablespoons
- Milk Ό cup
Procedure:
- Step 1 rinse the rice and moong dal and soak for about half an hour
- Step 2 pressure cook both rice and dal together in a cooker
- Step 3 take a pan and add a tablespoon of ghee. Fry cashew nuts and raisins until they turn golden brown, and keep it aside
- Step 4 Take a pan and add jaggery to it. Add a few tablespoons of water. Keep stirring intermittently. Once it gets melted fully, filter out the impurities present
- Step 5 open the pressure cooker and smash the content. To this, add boiled milk
- Step 6 Add the rice mixture to the jaggery syrup. Mix thoroughly to form a fine mixture without any lumps
- Step 7 now, turn down the flame and allow the mixture to get coked
- Step 8 - add ghee and cardamom powder and mix well
- Step 9 at last, add the fried cashews and raisins and serve hot!