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easy recipe dessert | aval sarkarai pongal | poha sweet pongal

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp moong dal
  • 1 cup aval/ poha medium
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup water
  • ¾ cup jaggery
  • 1 tbsp cashews
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 2 tbsp ghee +1 tsp ghee
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder

Method
 

cooking moong dal:
  1. In a pressure cooker, take 2 tbsp of moong dal, ¼ tsp ghee, ¾ cup of water
    Pressure cook for 6 whistles
    after pressure is released, open the lid, and set it aside for later use.
Making aval sarkarai pongal:
  1. In a pan, take 2 tbsp of ghee, and fry the chashews once it is half done, put the raisins and fry.
    take it off, and keep it aside for later use.
  2. with the remaining ghee, fry the aval in the medium flame, until it puffs up
  3. once all of the aval puff up well, pour 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of water and mix well
  4. once the milk level shrinks, put the cooked moong dal and mix well
  5. Next, add ¾ cup of jaggery and mix well
  6. at the thick pongal cocnsistency reached, add fried cashews, ¼ tsp of cardamom powder, and 1 tsp of ghee. mix well and turn off the flame