1 cup Rice 
• 1/3 cup Green Gram Dal 
• 1-1/2 cups Powdered Jaggery 
• 5 cups Water 
• 1 tbsp Cashewnuts 
• 1/4 cup Ghee 
• 1 tbsp Raisins 
• 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder

Roast gram dal in a pan till it turns light brown.
•	Wash roasted dal along with rice.
•	Put it into a pressure cooker with 4-1/2 cups of water.
•	Cook for about 10 minutes.
•	Completely dissolve jaggery in half cup of water in a shallow pan.
•	Remove the dirt by straining it and heat once again until you achieve one string 
consistency.
•	Now mix cooked rice-dal mixture into it and keep on a medium flame for few 
minutes. Remove the mixture from the flame.
•	Fry cashewnuts and raisins separately in ghee. Mix it to the prepared pongal 
and add cardamom powder.
•	Sweet Pongal is ready to serve.