Chakara Pongal Sweet Pongal 1 cup Rice1/4 cup Green gram (Cheruparippu)1 1/2 cup Jaggery (Sharkkara)2 cups Milk1/2 cup Ghee4 nos Cloves (Grambu)1 tsp Nutmeg powder (Jathikka)1/4 cup Cashews1/4 cup Raisins (Onakka munthiri)4 nos Cardamom (Elakka)Edible camphor(Pacha karpooram)(optional) Fry the rice and the green gram(moong dhal) in a pan, till the colour of the dhal starts to change. Cook rice, dhal and milk along with 3 cups of water, till the rice gets cooked. Melt jaggery, by boiling it in a little water.Mix the melted jaggery with the cooked rice. Add ghee and keep stirring, until everything blends well. Fry cashews, raisins and cloves in little ghee and add this to the above. Pound cardamoms, edible camphor and nutmeg and add this to the pongal. Tamil