Sweet, inviting, and made for sharing, Sweet Pongal Recipe Temple Style | Chakkara - Sakkarai Pongal is a vegetarian south indian sweet made with ghee, moong dal, and sona masuri rice in about 35 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 Servings
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
! for pressure cooking:
- 1 tsp ghee
- ½ cup moong dal
- 1 cup sona masuri rice
- 4 cup water
!other ingredients:
- ½ cup ghee
- 2 tbsp cashew
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 5 cloves
- 2 tbsp dry coconut
- 2 cup jaggery
- 1 cup water
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- Firstly, heat 1 tsp ghee in a pressure cooker and roast ½ cups moong dal until it turns aromatic.
- Add 1 cup sona masuri rice and continue to roast on low flame.
- Add 4 cup water and pressure cook for 4 whistles.
- Once the pressure is released, make sure to make the dal and rice mushy. Keep aside.
- In a pan heat ½ cup ghee. Add 2 tbsp cashews, 2 tbsp raisins, and 5 cloves.
- Roast until the cashew turns golden brown. Keep aside.
- In a saucepan take 2 cup jaggery and 1 cup water.
- Stir and dissolve making sure the jaggery is well combined.
- Boil till the jaggery syrup turns a slightly sticky consistency.
- Add in fried nuts and boil for 2 minutes.
- Now pour in the mixture and mix gently.
- Mix until everything is well combined adjusting the consistency as required.
- Finally, enjoy Chakkara - Sakkarai Pongal Recipe or Sweet Pongal Recipe offering to God.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
