Sweet Rava Pongal / Sooji Sakkarai Pongal is an easy alternate to the regular sakkarai Pongal prepared during the pongal festival. It can be served as an after meal dessert too.
Add water, jaggery powder, cardamom and edible camphor in a bowl and start heating. Heat until the jaggery and the edible camphor dissolves.
Switch off the flame and cool down this mixture. Drain for any impurities and set it aside.
For Cooking Moong Dal
Add in moong dal and water in a pan and cook them until the dal is cooked mushy. If using a pressurecooker then pressure cook dal for 3 whistles in medium flame.
For Pongal
Add in ghee in a wok and heat it.
Add in cashews and saute them. Keep sauting until they start browning. Remove them from the ghee and set them aside.
Add in rava into the same ghee and roast them until the aroma of rava comes out.
Add in the cooked moong dal paste and give a quick stir.
Add in salt to taste and water. Give a quick stir
Once all the water evaporates add in the Jaggery syrup. Mix them gently.
Add in the milk and keep stirring until the pongal consistency is reached.
Finally garnish with the cashews.
Delicious Sweet Rava Pongal is now ready to serve.
Notes
Using Powdered Jaggery is easy so it melts in water easily.
While cooking the dal in a pan cook them closed to save cooking time.
If the Pongal is too dry then add ½ cup of water and cook them.