Best Moong Dal Khichdi | How to make Sweet Khichdi (Pongal)

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Best Moong Dal Khichdi | How to make Sweet Khichdi (Pongal)

Moong Dal Khichdi is a traditional and classic dessert prepared using green moong dal (green gram) and ghee (brown butter). This sweet can be prepared in less than 30 minutes and can be served as bhog (prasad) during Navaratri, Makara sankranthi

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Desserts, sweets

Cuisine: Indian, Konkani, Maharashtra, Mangalore, Odia, punjabi, Udupi

Servings:

Calories: 275kcal

Author: Kushi

Equipment

1 Pressure cooker

Ingredients

½ cup Rice
½ cup Moong dal split (husk / dehusked), check tips
1 cup Jaggery (brown sugar)
½ cup Grated coconut (fresh / frozen / dry)
4 tablespoon Ghee (brown butter)
¼ to ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
2 tablespoon Cashews chopped
2 tablespoon Almonds chopped
2 tablespoon Raisins chopped

Instructions

Pressure cook dal and rice

Saute moong dal on medium to medium-low flame in pressure cooker just till the rawness goes off. Make sure you do not cook it too long as this will increase the cooking time in the pressure cooker (next step).
½ cup Moong dal split
To this add rice and approximately 2 to 2 ½ cup of water and pressure cook on medium flame for 2 to 3 whistles or till its cooked through completely. The level of water should be just an inch above lentil and rice.
½ cup Rice
Let the pressure drop on its own.

Making of the best moong dal khichdi

To this cooked dal-rice mixture, add jaggery, coconut, and water for desired consistency, 2 tablespoon of ghee and simmer on medium flame till the jaggery is incorporated and the mixture starts to thicken. Keep stirring it to avoid burning from the bottom.
1 cup Jaggery (brown sugar), ½ cup Grated coconut, 4 tablespoon Ghee (brown butter)
In another pan, add remaing 2 tablespoon of ghee and roast almonds and cashews. When it turns light golden in color, add raisins and switch off the flame.
2 tablespoon Cashews chopped, 2 tablespoon Almonds chopped, 2 tablespoon Raisins chopped
Add these roasted raisins and nuts along with cardamom powder to the khichdi and mix well.
¼ to ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
Moong Dal khichdi is now ready. Serve hot with ghee and enjoy.

Notes

Do not add too much water at once. Add as per desired consistency.
Vary the amount of jaggery and coconut as per taste.
You can use broken wheat, moong dal without husk or yellow lentil, or split chickpeas (chana dal) for the recipe below. You can even use the whole moong - the only extra step is that you will have to coarsely ground them in a blender after roasting. The taste of this dish will vary depending on the lentil used, but the steps to prepare remains the same.
Check here for a savory authentic version of moong dal khichdi

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