Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Rice
• 1 cup – moong dal
• 1/2 cup – dry Coconut powder
• 50 g – kaju, fried in a little Ghee
• 1/2 cup – Sugar
• 1/4 cup – Ghee
• 3 – cardamoms, 2 peeled and powdered
• A dash of Pacha Karpooram

Method:

1. Fry moong dal without oil till aroma comes out.
2. Pressure cook moong dal and rice with 4 cups water. Remove from cooker.
3. Take a kadai and add 3 spoons of ghee and add rice mixture.
4. Add sugar and continue stirring after 5-7 minutes. When the pongal becomes thick, add dry coconut powder and fried kaju powder.
5. Add remaining ghee as per your wish.
6. Add cardamom and pacha karpooram.

Recipe courtesy of Rani Gayatri Kavuri