CHANNA DAL PONGAL

Ingredients:

1 cup raw rice
¼ cup boiled channa dal do not over cook it
1 ½ cups sugar
7 cups coconut milk
A pinch of salt

1 inch cinnamon stick
1 star anise
2 cardamom pods
7 cashew nuts roasted in ghee
2 tbs raisins roasted in ghee
3 tbs ghee

Method:

Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes.
Heat 2 tbs of ghee in a pot.
Add in the cinnamon, star anise and cardamom pods.
Let them splutter, add in coconut milk.

Now add in the drained rice and stir well. Add in the salt.
When it starts to boil, keep stirring continuously.
The rice will start to thicken and see that the rice is cooked well.

Now add in the sugar and stir well till it dissolves.
Add in also the boiled channa dal.
Keep stirring till the pongal thickens again.
Add in the roasted cashew nuts and raisins.
Add in also the ghee. Mix well and remove.
Serve with the onion, chillie sambal