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Recipe for Chakra Pongal

A Sweet Rice


Ingredients

Long Grain Rice 1 cup
Moong Dhal 1/8 cup
1% Milk 1 cup
Melted Butter (Ghee) 1/2 to 1 cup
Powdered Jaggery (Gur) or Brown Sugar 1 3/4 cup
Cardamom Powder 1/2 tsp
Cashew Nuts (whole) 6 to 8
Raisins 10

Cook rice and moong dhal with milk and water until well done. Fry cashews and raisins in ghee until golden brown and keep aside. Take water and add gur (or brown sugar) and boil it until it dissolves and becomes thick. Add cooked rice and dhal to gur and keep stirring on low heat until well mixed. Add remaining ghee in spoonfuls and continue stirring. Add powdered cardamom and mix well. Decorate with fried raisins and cashews. Serve.

 

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