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Instant pot sakkarai pongal

Instant pot Sakkarai Pongal

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A MODERN , EASY WAY OF COOKING THE TRADITIONAL SAKKARAI PONGAL
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 6 mins
12 mins
Total Time 22 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people
Calories 532 kcal

Equipment

  • Instant Pot

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 Cup Raw Rice
  • 1/4 Cup Green gram dal/ Moong Dal
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 1 1/4 Cup Milk
  • Few Strands Saffron
  • 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
  • 12 Cashews
  • 10 Raisins
  • 2 tbsp Ghee

FOR THE JAGGERY SYRUP

  • 1 1/4 cup Jaggery
  • 1/4 cup water

Instructions
 

  • Add 1 tbsp of milk to the saffron strands in a bowl and keep aside.
  • Take 1/2 cup of rice and 1/4 cup of green gram dal. clean it well
  • Rinse it in water a couple of times and keep aside
  • Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in the instant pot in SAUTE MODE
  • Add the cashews and fry till it browns a little
  • Now add the raisins and let it swell up fully and remove the nuts and keep aside
  • Now add water to the instant pot
  • Now add milk to the instant pot
  • Now add the washed rice dal mixture
  • Pour in the saffron milk mixture and mix well
  • Now keep a trivet in the inner pot
  • Add jaggery to a smaller vessel and keep it on the trivet
  • Add water to the jaggery
  • Now sprinkle the cardamom powder on the jaggery
  • Close the lid of the instant pot. Keep it vent in the SEALING POSITION
  • Cook it in PRESSURE COOK MODE OR MANUAL MODE FOR 6 MINUTES.
  • Let the pressure release naturally
  • Now take out the jaggery syrup, Strain it and add it to the cooked pongal. Mix well
  • Add the fried nuts to this and offer it the the lord and then partake it

Notes

  1. If you have nut allergy, do not add it.
  2. The sweetness of the final dish entirely depends on ones taste. You can add upto 2 cups of jaggery for the same recipe
  3. 3. The sakkai pongal thickens as it cools down. Add more water or milk if necessary
  4. Pacchai kalpuram can be added for the authentic taste

Nutrition

Sodium: 41mgCalcium: 123mgVitamin C: 1mgVitamin A: 124IUSugar: 68gFiber: 4gPotassium: 282mgCholesterol: 27mgCalories: 532kcalSaturated Fat: 6gFat: 12gProtein: 8gCarbohydrates: 95gIron: 2mg
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