Quick Sweet Pongal

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Jaggery - 3/4 cup (powder)
Water - 2 cups
Salt - a Pinch
Elaichi / Cardamom - 1/4 tbsp
Shredded coconut - 1/4 cup
Cashew, Raisins, Almonds - 1/4 cup
Ghee - 3 tbsp

Method:

1) In a pan, add 2 tbsp of ghee followed by rice. Fry this for 3-4 mins.
2) Now add Water and cook rice until soft.
3) When Rice is half done, add powdered jaggery and mix well. Allow it to cook for some more time until rice is completely cooked.
4) When rice is completely done, add salt, elaichi, shredded coconut.
5) Meanwhile, In another pan, add 1 tbsp of ghee and fry all the dry fruits.
6) Now add the fried dry fruits into the rice mixture and stir well.

Tasty and quick sweet pongal is ready to be served.

Note:

1) Sugar can be substituted with jaggery.
2) If you are diabetic, then forget about sugar and jaggery. Add Dates paste, for healthy and yummy pongal.
3) Moong dal can also be added in 1 : 1 ratio. ( Rice - 1/2 cup, Moong dal - 1/2 cup).