Manja Pongal

Manja Pongal is the delicious Prasadham / Neivedhyam in all auspicious seasons to offer deity.

Raw rice – 500g

Tuvar dal – 50g

Turmeric powder – 1 tsp

Cumin seeds- ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Ghee – 5 tbsp

Method of Preparation 

1.  Wash the rice and toor dal well and soak both for 15 minutes.

2.  In a pressure cooker, add drained rice, toor dal, turmeric powder and water.

3. Close the cooker, open it after 4 whistles. Temper the cumin seeds in ghee and

   put it over the Manja Pongal.

Sodhi Pongal - Pongal recipe

A great sweetened pongal wishes to all !!!!

Pongal day Special recipe - SODHI PONGAL

Fry ½ kg of rawrice and 75g of moong dal in ghee, now add thin coconut milk which enough to cook both. Once both cooks well then add sugar and yellow kesari colour. Stir all, finish with thick coconut milk and ginger juice. Mix all around and remove from fire. Just top it up golden fry sultanas and cashewnuts. Serve hot.

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Sarkarai Pongal / Makarasankarathi Pongal

Raw rice – 1 Kg

Jaggery- 2Kg

Cardamom Powder – 1 1/2  tbsp

Dry ginger – 1 tbsp

Ghee fried coconut shreds – 4 tbsp

Ghee – 200ml

Cashewnuts – 30g

Sultanas –  20g

Water – as required

Method of Preparation

1.    Heat Ghee in a pressure cooker, add cashewnuts and sultanas. Once it is golden colour, add the rinsed raw rice. Fry it in ghee.

2.   Add the water now, let it to boil well. Once the rice slightly cooks, add the broken jaggery in to it. Mix it well.

3.   Add the cardamom and dry ginger powder. Mix it then close the lid of pressure cooker and wait for four whistles.

4. Turn off the fire and wait till the pressure of the cooker gone. After that open the lid, add ghee and ghee fried coconut shreds. Mix all well gently. Serve now.