Navaratri Naivedyam

Sarkarai Pongal


Ingredients

Sarkarai Pongal

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Raw rice                                       1 cup
Powdered Jaggery                       2cups
Coconut pieces                             2 tbsp.
Cardamom Powder                     1/4 tsp
Cashew nuts                                2tbsp
Ghee                                           3 tbsp.

Method

Cook the rice in pressure cooker.
Heat a pan add jaggery and little water.
When the jaggery is dissolved add the  cooked rice and stir it.
Cook in low flame. Pour ghee  and stir it.
When it is mixed well, add roasted cashew nuts, coconut pieces and cardamom powder.

Nilakadalai Sundal (Peanuts Sundal)

We make Sundal for Navaratri.

Nilakadalai Sundal

Nilakadalai (Peanuts)

• Nilakadalai................................2 cups
• Grated Coconut........................1/4 cup
• Mustard Seeds..........................1 tsp
• Red Chili....................................2
• Chopped Green Chili...................1 tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Pressure cook the nilakadalai with salt and enough water; remove the water
• Heat a pan with oil, add mustard seeds and broken chili; when the mustard crackles, add nilakadalai, coconut and green chili
• Mix well