Name: Sarkkarai Pongal
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 litres Milk; 1 1/2 cups Newly harvested rice; 1/4 cup Green gram (Cheruparippu); 10 nos Almonds (Badam); 15 nos Cashewnuts; 30 nos Raisins (Onakka munthiri); 1 1/2 cups Grated jaggery (Sharkara); 1/4 level Nutmeg powder; 1/4 tsp Crushed saffron; 1 tsp Cardamom powder (Elakka); 2 tbsp Ghee

Sarkkarai Pongal

A special dish for Sankrathi, especially for people in southern parts of Andhra

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

2 litres Milk
1 1/2 cups Newly harvested rice
1/4 cup Green gram Cheruparippu
10 nos Almonds Badam
15 nos Cashewnuts
30 nos Raisins Onakka munthiri
1 1/2 cups Grated jaggery Sharkara
1/4 level Nutmeg powder
1/4 tsp Crushed saffron
1 tsp Cardamom powder Elakka
2 tbsp Ghee

Instructions

Chop almonds and cashewnuts.
Clean the raisins(kishmish).
Pour milk in the earthern pot called `Pongapani` and place it on fire.
When the milk starts to boil, add rice and dal.
When the rice and dal are cooked, add jaggery and ghee.
Cook it on medium fire for sometime and then add almonds, cashewnuts, saffron, nutmeg and cardamom powders.
Finally, add raisins or kishmish.
Bring to one or two good boils.

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Sarkkarai Pongal