Instant Pot Sweet Pongal
Instant Pot Sweet Pongal, a traditional sweet dish from South India is made with rice,dal, milk and jaggery and is easily made in instant pot.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- ½ cup rice I used sona masoori rice
- ¼ cup yellow moong dal
- 1 ¼ cup powdered jaggery
- 1 cup milk I used 2 % milk
- 3 cups water ( 2 cups while cooking and the rest after the rice is cooked)
- 2 tbsp cashew
- 1 tbsp raisins
- 3 3 cardamom pods, powdered
- 6 teaspoons ghee
Instructions
- Wash half cup of rice and soak it in half cup of water for ten minutes. While the rice is soaking, gathering all the other ingredients and measure them.
- Turn on the instant pot on saute mode on low mode. Add a teaspoon of ghee and fry the cashew for few seconds. When the cashew starts to get brown, add the raisins and fry them till plump. Remove and set a side.
- Now add the moong dal and fry the dal for 45 seconds, not more than that. You dont want the dal to brown too much. Press cancel on your instant pot.
- Add the soaked rice, milk and water to the dal. Mix and scrape the sides to remove any rice stuck on the side.
- Close the lid and turn the vent to the sealing position. Press pressure cook or manual mode and cook on high for ten minutes. After the time is done, let the pressure release naturally. It may taken 12-15 minutes for the pressure to release
- Open the lid, give a mix. The rice and dal will be cooked and you will see little moisture in the bottom and add 1 to 1 ¼ cup of powdered sugar and ¾th to 1 cup of boiling water.
- Turn on the saute mode on low pressure and cook till the jaggery melts completely.
- Add 4 to 5 tsps of ghee, fried nuts and cardamom powder and cook for two to three minutes.
- Instant Pot sweet pongal is ready to be served.
Notes
You can skip milk and make the pongal just with water.
White rice can also be replaced by millets, oats or brown rice. If using brown rice or millets soak them for an hour before cooking