Name: Black Rice Pongal / Kavuni Arisi Pongal
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 3/4 Cup Jaggery Powder; 3/4 Cup Water; A Generous Pinch Edible Camphor; 4 Cardamom (Crushed); 3/4 Cup Black Rice; 4 Cups Water; A Generous Pinch Salt; 3 Tablespoon Ghee; 15 Cardamom; 3/4 Cup Coconut

Black Rice Pongal / Kavuni Arisi Pongal is a tasty and Healthy Pongal. Black Rice is Combined with Coconut and Jaggery which gives out an awesome taste. Finally garnished with ghee and cashews. Black rice is one of the tasty and healthy rice variety. Using it into pongal is a good healthy option. Black Rice takes more time to cook than the other rice varieties. But tastes simply awesome. Few other Sweet Pongal Recipes are Sweet Aval Pongal / Sweet Sooji Pongal, Sweet Wheat Pongal, Kalkandu Pongal / Rock Candy Pongal, Sakkarai Pongal / Sweet Pongal and Palm Jaggery Pongal / Karupatti Pongal
Other Recipes in this space with Black Rice are Protein Porridge

Black Rice Pongal / Kavuni Arisi Pongal

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

Black Rice Pongal / Kavuni Arisi Pongal is a Healthy and Delicious Pongal

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Indian

Servings: 2

Author: Anlet Prince

Ingredients

For Jaggery Syrup

3/4 Cup Jaggery Powder
3/4 Cup Water
A Generous Pinch Edible Camphor
4 Cardamom Crushed

Other Ingredients

3/4 Cup Black Rice
4 Cups Water
A Generous Pinch Salt
3 Tablespoon Ghee
15 Cardamom
3/4 Cup Coconut

Instructions

Soak black rice in water overnight.
For Jaggery Syrup add in jaggery, Water, Cardamom and edible camphor into a bowl and start heating it.
Keep heating until the jaggery and camphor dissolves. Switch off the flame and drain for any impurities.
Take black rice and water in a pot and start cooking until the rice is cooked soft. If required only then add more water. Else if pressure cooking then add rice and water in pressure cooker and pressurecook in medium flame for 5 whistles.
Add in the jaggery syrup and coconut into the rice mixture. Cook until the mixture blends well.
Heat Ghee in a wok add in cashew and saute them until the cashews start darkening.
Add in ghee and cashews into the rice mixture. Cook for few minutes and switch off the flame.
Delicious Black Rice Pongal is now ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

Other than the soaking time the Black Rice Pongal takes around 30 minutes for cooking.

Step by Step Photos on how to make Black Rice Pongal / Kavuni Arisi Pongal

Soak Black Rice Overnight. Add in water and rice to a bowl and cook the rice until it cooks soft. If pressurecooking add in Rice and water into pressurecooker and pressure cook for 5 whistles in medium flame.
Add in jaggery, water, edible camphor and Cardamom into a bowl and start heating.
When the Jaggery dissolves switch of the flame. Drain for any impurities.
Add in the Jaggery syrup into the Black rice Mixture. Keep cooking until the mixture blends well. Add in coconut and keep cooking.
Heat ghee in a wok and add in cashews. Saute until the cashews starts browning.
Add the ghee and cashews into the Pongal. Mix them gently. Cook for few minutes. Switch off the flame.
Delicious Black Rice Pongal is now ready to serve.