Easy steps to prepare sweet pongal for Sankranti

Pongal is prepared on the auspicious occasion of Makara  Sankranti.It is a sweet prepared with rice and green gram dal. It can be prepared any time.But on that day it is offered to Soorya(Sun)Deva.
Required ingredients 

sweet pongal

Green gram dal:1/2 cup
Rice:1 cup
Jaggery:250 grams
Dry coconut gratings:1/2 cup
Cardamom powder:1 tsp
Ghee:4 tsp
Cashew nut:10
How to prepare sweet Pongal

• Put green gram dal in a thick pan and fry till it turns light brown.
• Put 4 cups of water in pressure cooker and heat it.put jaggery in it.
• Wash fried dal and rice.
• Add dry coconut gratings,cardamom powder,cashew nut and make it boil.
• Add fried green gram dal and rice to that boiling mixture and close the lid.
• Pressure cook for 2 signals.
• When the cooker is cool remove the lid,pour the ghee over it and mix well.
• Sweet pongal is ready to serve.