SWEET PONGAL

    This is the festival time. Throughout India people celebrate this festival with various names. Farmers like to celebrate this festival than any other as their crops reach home.Their months of effort was now in their home. Being an agricultural country,this is one of the most famous and important Hindu festivals. The glory of this festival comes in the villages.Everyone enjoys the three days festival.
     As for the recipes arrisellu ,janthekelu & sweet pongal are famous on sankranthi day. we offer pongal to god .

    Ingredients:-
          
    1/2 cup rice
    1/4 cup moong dal or channa dal 
    3/4 -1 cup jaggary powder
    5 - 6 cups milk
    1 tbsp ghee
    Cashewnut (optional)              
    Kismis (optional)
    Almond (optional)
    Grated coconut (optional)

     Procedure:-

     -you can make it either in a pressure pan or vessel. 
     -First wash the rice and dal together and soak in 3 cups of water for 1 hr. in a vessel you are going to cook.

     -A -  If you are cooking in a pressure pan then add 1 cup of milk, put  weight and cook on low flame for 5 min. when the whistle is about to blow, take out from the flame.Wait for 2 min. Remove the lid.

or     -B -  If you are cooking in a vessel be careful; the milk may over flow.So don't add  all the milk at a time. First add only 1/2 cup of milk and keep lid with a long spoon in it.Stir occasionally. Be careful the rice may stick to the
 vessel. After they absorb,add little more till the rice and dal becomes soft .

     -It must be softer than white rice and little bit paste. The consistency must  be like kheer. If necessary add more milk; more creamy milk,more taste.When the pongal becomes cool,it becomes thick.

     -Now add gratted jaggery, mix it and keep the lid.Don't wait till the jaggery mix in the rice. Remove from the flame.

     -Now in a small pan take ghee and fry dry fruits.Add to the pongal.

     -Pongal is ready to eat.

     Tips:-

     -Before serving taste it. As per your taste if needed, add jaggery.
     -If you doesn't want to use more milk, then cook with the water and in the end  add 2 cups of milk.