Samba Wheat Sakkarai Pongal recipe| Wheat Rava Sweet Pongal. Pongal festival is around the corner, and I have a collection of Pongal festival recipes in Jeyashri’s Kitchen. A few days ago, while cleaning my bookshelf, I came across an old Aval Kitchen book from Jan 2015, where my picture of Sakkarai Pongal was on the cover. When I opened the book, I found a collection of Pongal recipes by Madam Menu Rani Chellam, and this samba wheat sakkarai pongal was included. I wanted to try this for the Pongal festival 2018. You can make this for Navaratri, Aadi Velli Neivedyam, Thai Velli Neivedyam, and any other festivals too.
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Method with step-wise pictures:
- In a pan, add 1/2 tbsp ghee, then add the cashew nuts. When they are half roasted, add the raisins to this.
- You can fry both separately, too.
- Cashews take little time to roast, but raisins cook quickly, so do not put both together.

- Keep it aside.
- In the same pan, add the samba wheat and the moong dal.
- Roast in a medium low flame for 5-7 minutes.

- Transfer this to a bowl and add 2.5 to 3 cups of water.
- Pressure cook this for 7-8 whistles, then keep on a low flame for 2 minutes.
- Once the pressure is released, take this out and mash well.

- In a pan, add the jaggery and add a little water.
- Let this dissolve in water.
- Filter the impurities.
- Let this jaggery water boil for 2 minutes.

- Add the cooked samba wheat mixture to the jaggery syrup.
- Mix well.

- Add 2 tbsp ghee to this.
- Mix well and add the cardamom powder, nutmeg powder, and edible camphor.

- Add the roasted cashew nuts and raisins.
- Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.

- Switch off the flame.
- If you want smear little melted ghee on the pongal just before serving.

- There is no difference in taste between rice pongal and samba wheat pongal.
- The colour of the pongal depends on the color of the jaggery.
- I added 1 cup of jaggery to the samba wheat sweet pongal, and it was perfect.

Samba Wheat Rava Sakkarai Pongal
Ingredients
- ½ cup Samba wheat |Broken wheat
- 2 tbsp Yellow moong dal
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 1 cup Jaggery
- 3 cups Water
- ¼ tsp Cardamom powder
- a pinch Nutmeg powder
- a tiny pinch Edible camphor optional
- 10 Cashew nuts
- few Raisins
Instructions
- In a pan, add 1/2 tbsp ghee, then add the cashew nuts. When they are half roasted, add the raisins to this.
- You can fry both separately, too.
- Cashews take little time to roast, but raisins cook quickly, so do not put both together.
- Keep it aside.
- In the same pan, add the samba wheat and the moong dal.
- Roast in a medium-low flame for 5-7 minutes.
- Transfer this to a bowl and add 2.5 to 3 cups of water.
- Pressure cook this for 7-8 whistles, then keep on a low flame for 2 minutes.
- Once the pressure is released, take this out and mash well.
- In a pan, add the jaggery and add a little water.
- Let this dissolve in water.
- Filter the impurities.
- Let this jaggery water boil for 2 minutes.
- Add the cooked samba wheat mixture to the jaggery syrup.
- Mix well.
- Add 2 tbsp ghee to this.
- Mix well and add the cardamom powder, nutmeg powder, and edible camphor.
- Add the roasted cashew nuts and raisins.
- Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
- Switch off the flame.
- If you want, smear a little melted ghee on the pongal just before serving.