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Bulgur Wheat Sweet Pongal

Jan-20-2016
Pavithira Vijay
5 minutes
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
3 People
Serves
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ABOUT Bulgur Wheat Sweet Pongal RECIPE

Bulgur Wheat pressure cooked with Yellow Moong dal and then simmered in jaggery syrup with a crunch of dry fruits

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Festive
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Dessert
  • Diabetes

Ingredients Serving: 3

  1. 1 1/2 cups Bulgur Wheat (Broken Wheat / Daliya)
  2. 1/2 cup yellow Moong Dal
  3. 2 cups Jaggery
  4. 2 - 3 tbsp Ghee
  5. 12 - 15 Cashewnuts
  6. 2 tbsp Raisins
  7. 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
  8. 4 1/2 - 5 cups water

Instructions

  1. Roast the cashew nuts for a minute or until cashews turn golden brown.
  2. Then add the raisins and fry until they puff up , keep aside.
  3. Wash the bulgur wheat and moong dal well and pressure cook for 2 - 3 whistles.
  4. Break / crush the jaggery well.
  5. Heat 1/2 cup water in a heavy bottomed vessel and add jaggery in it and let it dissolve.
  6. Allow it to come to a boil and add the cardamom powder and the cooked wheat-dal mixture and mix well.
  7. At this point you can see the rice and jaggery syrup not combined well. Cook for 4 - 5 minutes in medium to low flame.
  8. Add ghee and the dry fruits and and let it cook another for 5 - 6 minutes until the jaggery and rice are well incorporated and the pongal becomes thick.
  9. Turn off stove and drizzle some ghee on top if desired.

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Bharati Sapkal
Mar-06-2016
Bharati Sapkal   Mar-06-2016

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