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Ethnic Recipe and Meal Ideas
This site is designed to help you if you are looking for ethnic recipes or meal ideas from around the globe. You can search for a recipe (using the search box on the right) or use the drop down menus at the top of the page which include region, country, base ingredient or "pot luck"
 


Indian Recipe and Meal Ideas
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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