Dear friends,
Wishing all a happy and prosperous Pongal ,
Ingredients:
Raw rice - 200 gm
Moong dal - 2 Tbsp
Water - 3 cups
Milk - 1 to 1.5 cups
Jaggery - 250 gm
Cardamom - 7
Ghee - 3 tbsp
Cashew , Raisin - handful
Method:
Rinse the rice and dal together.
Pressure cook them together with 3 cups of water.
In Instant pot , touch the pressure cook button and set to 5 mins.
If cooking in stove top pressure cooker, after one whistle comes , lower the heat and cook for 5 mins.
Switch off.
After the pressure is settled down, open the lid and mash the rice + dal using a spatula.
Add milk 1- 1.5 cups.
Mix well.
Start heating the cooker by setting it to 'saute' mode in Instant pot or 'sim' in stove.
Add jaggery pieces to a vessel, add 1 cup water and let it dissolve,
Add the jaggery solution to rice (discard the residue at bottom).
If the jaggery is pure (without sand), we can directly add it to cooker (see video).
Set presure to 1 min in Instant pot or cook in low flame with lid on for 5 mins. Let the jaggery melt.
Open lid after pressure settles down.
In a separate pan, heat 3 tbsp ghee. Fry the cashew, raisin add to rice.
Powder the cardamom and add this to rice.
Mix well.
Saute for 5 mins and switch off.
Sarkarai pongal in Instant pot is ready !
