Recipe 13 - Thai Pongal

Thai Pongal

Pongal made with Thai rice, coconut milk, urad dal, shredded coconut & pineapple. Happy Thai Pongal to you all :)!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Thai Jasmine rice
• 1/2 cup urad dal
• 3 1-inch jaggery cubes (more, the sweeter it is)
• 1/4 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons ghee
• few pineapple slices, finely chopped
• few raisins for garnishing
• water

Method:

• add 1 cup jasmine rice, 1/2 cup urad dal, 1 1/2 cups of milk & 1 1/2 cups water into a vessel and set it to boil (or pressure cook)
• separately, heat up another vessel, add 3 cups of water & add the 3 1-inch jaggery cubes into it & keep stirring until the jaggeries have dissolved well & the water color has changed
• add the cooked rice/urad dal mixture into the jaggery water & mix well
• if you don't have coconut milk, grind 1/2 cup shredded coconut in a mixer along with 1/2 cup water, filter/squeeze it through a cloth to extract the coconut milk
• add few pineapple chops, 1/2 cup coconut milk & a teaspoon of shredded coconut & mix well
• once cooked, separately heat up 2 teaspoons ghee on a pan & add few raisins & pour it into the above mixture
• decorate with pineapples & shredded coconut before serving
• serve hot