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Sweet Pongal Recipe-Sakkarai Pongal-Chakkarai Pongal

December 28, 2010 by PadhuSankar 61 Comments

Pongal is one of the most popular four day long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu. It falls in mid January. It is like a Thanksgiving occasion to nature. Chakkara Pongal is a delicacy made from newly harvested rice. It is cooked with jaggery, ghee and cashew nuts and is offered to sun god. Today let us learn how to make sakkarai pongal or sweet pongal following our easy and fool proof recipe with step wise pictures.

Sweet Pongal-Sakkarai pongal

Sweet Pongal Recipe-Sakkarai Pongal-Chakkarai Pongal


Sweet Pongal Recipe-Sakkarai Pongal

 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves:  2-3
 Recipe Category: Dessert
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

   Ingredients needed

   Raw Rice – 1/2 cup
   Moong dal/pasi paruppu – 1/4 cup
   Jaggery – 1 cup grated
   Cashew nuts -2 tbsp
   Raisins -2-3 tbsp
   Cardamom – 4 pods or 1/4 tsp powder
   Ghee/clarified butter -1/4 cup
   Ghee -1/2 tsp (for jaggery syrup)

Preparation

Dry roast rice and dal separately until it is hot to touch. It is not necessary to fry until it changes color.

frying rice and dal for sakkarai-pongal

Pressure cook rice and dal together with 2 1/2 cups of water. Mash it well and keep it aside. (I have used old rice. For new rice, add only 2 cups of water.)

cooked rice and dal for sweet pongal

If using cardamom pods, peel and powder cardamom. Keep it aside.

Method


Heat 1/4 cup of water in a pan and add jaggery to it. When it dissolves, filter it to remove impurities. Boil jaggery water with a tsp of ghee on medium heat. Take a cup of water, add a tsp of jaggery syrup to it, if it does not dissolve, then it is the right stage to add mashed rice and dal. (I make it very clear – you do not have to boil the jaggery water until it reaches sticky consistency or string consistency) 

sakkarai-pongal-3

Add mashed rice, dal mixture and cook for a few minutes until everything gets blended well as in the picture below. Add cardamom powder at this stage.

How to prepare Sweet pongal

Fry cashew nuts in a tsp of ghee. Remove from pan and add to the rice dal mixture.

Add the rest of the ghee and fry raisins until they puff up and add it to the rice dal mixture along with ghee.

frying cashew nuts and raisins for Sweet pongal

Cook for a few minutes on low heat until everything gets blended well. Serve hot.

how to make sakkarai-pongal

Enjoy delicious Sakkarai pongal!! (You can never go wrong with this recipe).

Puran Poli is usually made for Bhogi (first day of Pongal)- Do check out my easy step by step recipe of Puran Poli with pictures.

Do check out  Ven Pongal Recipe with step wise pictures.

sweet pongal recipe
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Comments

  1. Priya

    December 29, 2010 at 8:41 am

    Loved ur pot, yummy sweet pongal..

    Reply
  2. Gayathri's Cook Spot

    December 29, 2010 at 9:19 am

    Very nice presentation. Sakkarai pongal looks so yummy..

    Reply
  3. The Foodie

    December 29, 2010 at 10:10 am

    Sakkarai pongal looks very traditional and delicious with beautifully taken pictures. You have got very good collection of tamilian recipes. Thanks for leaving your nice comments on my blog. And wishing you a very happy new year.

    Reply
  4. Subhie Arun

    December 29, 2010 at 10:45 am

    loved ur pot..u get it frm india..nice one……ponggal looks yummy!

    Reply
  5. Priya Sreeram

    December 29, 2010 at 10:47 am

    yummy–the presentation is fab !

    Reply
  6. Abhilash Pillai

    December 29, 2010 at 11:11 am

    dil khush kar diya aapne…

    I like sweets very much and pongal…"sharkarai pongal"… great. I have accumulated many recipes when I am home.

    Reply
  7. Jaisy James

    December 29, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    wow yummy pongal and loved ur presentation

    Reply
  8. savitha ramesh

    December 29, 2010 at 3:35 pm

    pongal speacial…….thanks for the recipe padhu

    Reply
  9. Suja Sugathan

    December 29, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    Delicious pongal..love your pot.

    Reply
  10. veena krishnakumar

    December 29, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    Love Sakkarai pongal and your pic looks so festive!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  11. Swathi

    December 29, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    Sakkarai pongal looks delicious. Nice presentation

    Reply
  12. FoodLovers

    December 29, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    nice one Padhu

    Reply
  13. Santosh Bangar

    December 29, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    yummypogal the pot is very beautiful

    Reply
  14. Gulmohar

    December 29, 2010 at 7:03 pm

    Delicious…I'm in love with that pot 😉

    Reply
  15. Pushpa

    December 29, 2010 at 9:29 pm

    Mouthwatering sweet pongal beautiful presentation and click.

    Reply
  16. Gayu

    December 29, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    Love the Pongal pot..Sweet Pongal looks yummy and a very festive presentation!!

    Gayu
    http://ensamayalarangam.blogspot.com

    Reply
  17. Sonia (Nasi Lemak Lover)

    December 30, 2010 at 6:03 am

    This look nice and good. Happy New Year to you !

    Reply
  18. M D

    December 30, 2010 at 9:53 am

    The sweet pongal looks so mouthwatering and beautiful. Nice presentation and clicks too.

    Reply
  19. ♥LOVE2COOK♥

    December 30, 2010 at 9:59 am

    OMG!!! I'm totally speechless now!

    I love ponggal rice anytime in the year! Sometimes I'll ask my mom to make it during odd hours too..hahaha!

    Ur pot with the ponggal rice makes me salivate! I just couldn't help myself from drooling!!! 😀

    Reply
  20. KavyaNaimish

    December 30, 2010 at 5:38 pm

    I loved the pot….whole pic luks traditional

    Reply
  21. Reshmi

    December 31, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    wish u a very happy newyear 2011..padhu…

    Reply
  22. Ananda Rajashekar

    January 4, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    oh that pot looks so cute and pongal slurp 🙂

    Reply
  23. Rajani

    January 15, 2011 at 1:52 pm

    Yummy pongal and great presentation!

    Reply
  24. <<<===sEnThIL===>>>>>>

    August 4, 2012 at 5:48 am

    You have a great photographic skill as well – good alrounder 🙂

    Reply
  25. Madhuri Valluru

    October 22, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    hmm nice recipe

    Reply
  26. Vidhya Sweety

    October 12, 2013 at 11:14 am

    Too Yummy

    Reply
  27. Barvitra R

    January 26, 2014 at 5:08 am

    Hi Padhu,
    Made an attempt of this recipe for this year's Ponggal, and I must trully admit, it turned out very well…Thanks for sharing your wonderful recipe, will surely make this more often & credit surely goes to you 🙂

    Reply
    • LovelyFood

      October 24, 2016 at 11:36 am

      I wish more people put useful comments and share with others how the dish turned out rather than just saying how much they liked the picture and pot

      Reply
  28. Ramya Chandramouly

    January 15, 2015 at 3:57 am

    Hi Padhu, Iam an ardent follower of your recipes. I tried this recipe for the first time and I must say it turned out fantastic. Never thought Chakkarai pongal was so easy to make. All credits to u.. Keep posting new recipes.. Thnx a ton once again 🙂

    Reply
  29. Lakshmi Swaminathan

    October 4, 2015 at 3:55 am

    So delicious

    Reply
  30. Rashmi Sudharsan

    October 21, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    Clear instructions and easy to follow. Thumbs up!

    Reply
  31. Balajee Balajee

    January 9, 2016 at 10:16 am

    Very nice

    Reply
  32. Unknown

    January 14, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    Hey I have a doubt.. Your recepie is with solid jaggery. If I already have liquid jaggery how much of it should I add? Should I add it directly to the rice/moong dal mixture or first boil it and then add it?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      January 15, 2016 at 8:26 am

      You should boil it and then add. Follow the same procedure above. You can add jaggery depending on the sweetness you need.

      Reply
  33. Shobana Chandrasekaran

    January 15, 2016 at 5:32 pm

    Madam, I'm newly married and I'm following ur recipes day by day. Today I tried sarkarai pongal. It was so nice.

    Thanks a lot.

    Reply
  34. galadriel

    January 15, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    I've made pongal before but this came out so perfect as did your ven pongal!! Thanks for your recipes!

    Reply
  35. Anita Ramani, Registered Dietitian

    January 17, 2016 at 4:00 pm

    This is a great recipe. Do you have a substitute for jaggery?

    Reply
  36. Alchemist

    January 24, 2016 at 5:06 am

    Hi, Tried ur recipe and it came out really well. I am not a great cook, but this recipe is simple and more importantly, the outcome was awesome. I loved my sakkarai pongal.:) I made it for this Pongal festival. Few things that I changed to suit my needs: Added more jaggery and ghee. Did not dry roast rice / dal.
    Many many thanks for this wonderful recipe.

    Reply
  37. Devi

    February 15, 2016 at 11:40 am

    How many whistles to cook rice

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 16, 2016 at 9:09 am

      Pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.

      Reply
    • Unknown

      August 12, 2016 at 3:19 pm

      I did the recipe it's really tasty

      Reply
  38. octaves

    April 21, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    You are my ready reckoner for all recipes. Thank you so much Padhu, after getting married I've not made a single call asking my mom for a recipe. You have been guiding me through. Can't thank you enough

    Reply
  39. Priya

    May 30, 2016 at 2:36 am

    Came out well !!! Delecious and yummy …

    Reply
  40. asha

    August 11, 2016 at 3:38 am

    Thanks a lot for your recipes Mam, I refer to ur blog whenever I need.Very helpful information, Thanks again

    Reply
  41. Unknown

    August 16, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    In the ingredients you had mentioned 1/2 tsp of ghee for jaggery syrup and in the instructions you said – Boil jaggery water with a tsp of ghee. So which is right. I know it shouldnt make a big difference with either. Please let me know

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 17, 2016 at 8:47 am

      I am sorry. I will update it but as you say it does not make a big difference. You can add 1 tsp of ghee.

      Reply
  42. Vishnu Priya

    October 15, 2016 at 1:13 am

    Hi! How much is 1/2 cup in grams?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 15, 2016 at 5:09 am

      A cup is a measure of volume, but a gram is a measure of mass. It depends on what you measure. In this recipe
      1/2 cup raw rice = 125 grams. I use standard measuring cups and spoons for all my recipes. Check my measuring spoons and cups. Also check this post on Cups to gram conversion

      Reply
  43. jothi

    October 18, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    Superrrrr……. Rrrrr

    Reply
  44. star

    January 14, 2017 at 4:34 am

    Came out extremely delicious!

    Reply
  45. Anita K

    January 14, 2017 at 8:50 am

    Hi Padhu

    Tried this recipe on the occasion of Pongal. It came out well & was enjoyed by my Tam Bram hubby 🙂 Thanks – Anita

    Reply
  46. Sethu .Kumar

    January 15, 2017 at 5:08 pm

    Excellent recipe. The proportions were just right and by following your step-wise instructions made it so simple. Thank you.

    Reply
  47. Esther

    January 24, 2017 at 6:08 am

    Don't I need to wash the rice n dal?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      January 25, 2017 at 5:23 am

      After roasting it, you can wash both together and then cook.

      Reply
  48. Unknown

    July 31, 2017 at 10:15 am

    Awesome recipe.you always make things simple and to enrich our taste buds at the fullest. When ever I search for recipe I chose your site. Thank you good job keep it going.

    Reply
  49. Padma Arunachalam

    September 14, 2017 at 10:18 am

    Can I make using idli arisi or rice making arisi for sakarai pongal ?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 15, 2017 at 7:47 am

      You can use any rice.

      Reply
  50. Priyanka

    January 14, 2018 at 10:44 am

    I tried this recipe today.. I cant believe the result.. it was good… p.s. this was my first attempt in making pongal. Thanks for the simple yet sooperb recipe 🙂
    -Priyanka

    Reply
  51. Shuba Visalakshi

    January 14, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    Lovely!!

    Reply
  52. Gayathri G

    January 15, 2019 at 5:42 pm

    Tried the recipe and keep came out super yummy! 🙂 Thanks a ton!

    Reply
  53. Preethi Vijayakumar

    January 21, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    Thanks for the recipe. Sakkarai Pongal came out really well.

    Reply

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