Sweet Pongal with Rose Chikki

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Chef Amrita Raichand

Last Updated: Sep 03, 2019

Sweet Pongal with Rose Chikki

About Sweet Pongal with Rose Chikki

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The rose chikki adds colour, flavourand a wonderful taste to this dish

  • Split skinless green gram (dhuli moong dal) ½- ¾ cup
  • Rice, soaked 1 cup
  • Fresh rose petals ¼ cup
  • Rose syrup 1½ tbsps
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  • Dry-roast split green grams in a deep-non-stick pan till light brown. Drain soaked rice and add to the pan and mix. Add milk, mix and cook for 15-20 minutes.
  • To make jaggery syrup, heat jaggery in another non-stick pan. Add some water and cook till jaggery melts. Add the syrup to green gram-rice mixture, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes.
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Ingredients

  • Split skinless green gram (dhuli moong dal) ½- ¾ cup
  • Rice, soaked 1 cup
  • Fresh rose petals ¼ cup
  • Rose syrup 1½ tbsps
  • Milk 3 cups
  • Jaggery, chopped ½ cup
  • Saffron strands 1 pinch
  • Green cardamom powder ½ tsp
  • Nutmeg powder ½ tsp
  • Cashewnuts ¼ cup
  • Raisins ¼ cup
  • Castor sugar ½ cup

How to Make Sweet Pongal with Rose Chikki (Stepwise Photos)

Method

  1. Dry-roast split green grams in a deep-non-stick pan till light brown. Drain soaked rice and add to the pan and mix. Add milk, mix and cook for 15-20 minutes.
  2. To make jaggery syrup, heat jaggery in another non-stick pan. Add some water and cook till jaggery melts. Add the syrup to green gram-rice mixture, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  3. Heat ghee in a third non-stick pan.
  4. Add saffron, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder to green gram-rice mixture, mix and cook till most of the moisture is absorbed.
  5. Add cashewnuts and raisins to hot ghee and fry till golden. Add it to green gram-rice mixture with the ghee and mix well. This is pongal.
  6. To prepare rose  chikki, heat castor sugar in a fourth non-stick pan and cook till it caramelizes. Add rose petals and rose syrup and mix well.
  7. Place a silicon mat on the worktop, pour this mixture on it and spread. Let it cool down and almost set.
  8. Cut it into roundels with a medium sized cookie cutter and let them set fully. Remove the chikki roundels and discard the excess.
  9. Fill 4 ceramic serving bowls with some pongal. Place one rose chikki disc on top of pongal in each bowl taking care that it covers the pongal completely. Serve immediately.

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Chef Amrita Raichand

Chef Amrita Raichand

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Key Details:

Prep:45 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Course: Mithai

Cuisine: Indian

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