Chakarai Pongal And Rava Kesari"are traditionally prepared in South India for"PONGAL/Makar Sankranti festival".Its main ingredient is jaggery which is rich in iron and therefore is a healthy but heavy food.And the two which are cooked together from the same batch of rice and dhal.
Rava Kesari
Ingredients:
Bombay Rava - 1 cup.
Sugar - 2 cups.in
Ghee - 1 cup.
Cardamom powder - 1 tsp.
Food color (saffron or red color) - a pinch
Water - 2 ½ cups.
Cashew nuts - 8
Preparation
1.Heat 1 tsp. of ghee in a frying pan and add rava to it and fry till the fresh smell of the rava goes off.
2.Keep the roasted rava aside.
3.Boil 2 ½ cups of water for 10 minutes.Then add the roasted rava into it and let it boil for another 10 minutes.
4.Now, add sugar to it ,stir well and let it boil for 10 minutes.
5.Keep on pouring ghee in small quantities every now and then until the mixture becomes solid.
6.Remove from heat and cardamom powder.
7.Fry chopped cashew nuts in 2 tsps. of ghee and add these fried nuts to the mixture prepared above.
8:Then,Rava kesari is ready to be served.
Chakarai Pongal/Sweet pongal
Ingredients
Raw Rice - 2 cups
Bengalgram dal-2tbsp
Moongadal-2tbsp
Jaggery - 2 cups
Ghee (Clarified Butter) - 1 ½ cups
Elaichi (Cardamom) - 6 (powdered)
Cashewnuts - 12 (fried in ghee) and cut into small pieces
Kishmish - (12-15 (fried in ghee)
Preparation:
1.Clean and wash the rice,bengaldal and moongadal well, add 5 cups of water and pressure cook. Keep Jaggery in a medium frying pan, add 1 cup of water and boil. When it melts, strain through a strainer to remove the dirt.
2.Replace and boil again. When it becomes slightly thick, add the cooked rice and stir continuously till it becomes thick. Start adding Ghee now and then, stirring continuously.
3.When it starts leaving the sides of the pan and the ghee starts oozing out, put powdered cardamom and stir well. Add Cashewnuts and Kishmish fried in ghee.
Sending this to Navaratri Festive Food Event,hosted by Lakshmi of Taste Of Mysore and to Festival-Jihva hosted by Srivalli of Cooking4allSeasons and also to Yummy Festival Feast-Diwali
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Thanks for participating dear. Happy Dasara to you. All dishes are looking yumm..
Pooja place looking divine....nice entry for the event dear...Wish you & your family Happy Dusshera
Happy Vijayadasami! Lovely pic. Looks like you have done the pooja impeccably.
Lovely celebration and decoration...by the way, what is bombay rava?
great celebrations yaar...wat r the books u kept in pooja?
Really Divine..Happy dusshera..
fabulous! happy dasara.
Vijayadasami Greetings Pavani!
Happy Dussera.. nice way to celebrate:-)
Thats lovely..nice decoration..Thanks for sending in.
Happy Nvratri to you dear.
thank u each and every one for ur vaulable and lovely words...
Happy navrathri .....have nice time together....pooja looks so divine
You can send these delicious Prasadam varieties to the Diwali event I am hosting too.. Also, if you want to send in more ..that would be awesome.. !! There is no limit.. !