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Indian Food and Meal Ideas
Sarkarai Pongal

For US to UK equivalents see this rough guide

Recipe Ingredients:

• 2 litres milk
• 10 almonds
• 1 1/2 cups newly harvested rice
• 1/4 cup moong dal
• 15 cashew nuts
• 1 1/2 cup jaggery grated
• 30 kishmis
• 1/4 level teaspoon nutrieg powder
• 1/4 teaspoon saffron crushed 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
• 2 tablespoons ghee.

Method:

· Chop almonds and cashewnuts.
· Clean kishmis
· Pour milk in the earthen pot called `Pongapani' and place it on fire.
· When the milk starts boiling add rice and dal, after washing.
· As soon as the rice and dal are cooked to softness, add jaggery and ghee.
· Let cook on medium fire for some time and then put in almond and cashewnut bits, saffron nutrieg and cardamom
powders.
· Lastly put in the kishmis.
· Bring to one or two good boils.

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For US to UK equivalents for food weights and measurements see this rough guide

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