Name: Cherry flavoured Sweet Pongal recipe by Priya Lakshminarayan at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup rice; 1/2 cup moong dal (green gram dal); 2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter; 8-10 pitted cherries; 1/4 cup water; 3 cubes of jaggery/6 tbsp brown sugar; 3-4 drops of red color; Almonds for garnish

ABOUT Cherry flavoured Sweet Pongal RECIPE

Pongal is a tradtional South Indian dessert and I just gave it a Valentine twist! It has been infused with cherries to bring out the color and give it a new flavor as well.

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 cup rice
1/2 cup moong dal (green gram dal)
2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter
8-10 pitted cherries
1/4 cup water
3 cubes of jaggery/6 tbsp brown sugar
3-4 drops of red color
Almonds for garnish

Instructions

Chop the pitted cherries.
In a small pan, add these cherries, water and jaggery. Let the jaggery melt while the cherry reduces to a pulp.
Meanwhile boil/cook the rice and moong dal (green gram dal) together.
Once the jaggery is completely dissolved and the syrup has a deep red color to it, take it off the flame.
Pass this syrup through a sieve onto the cooked rice. Give the rice a mix.
Add red color to it.
Now add the clarified butter/ghee to this and mix it all together.
Garnish with some chopped almonds. Serve hot.

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