Pachoru – Milk SWEET Rice | Pongal Special

I hope you’d enjoy your Pongal festival with your family. As my kind wishes, Let me share the traditional sweet and milk pachoru rice recipe with you; likely, you can call it Chakkarai Pongal. I made this out of coconut milk and jaggery, which adds pachoru flavor to this rice. Let’s get started!

Preparation Time: 10 mins	Recipe Servings: 4
Cook Time: 60 mins	Download Recipe
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients:

1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds
4 pods Cardamom
3/4 cup Jaggery
6 1/2 cup Water
Salt as needed
3/4 cup Raw Rice
3/4 cup Thick Coconut Milk

Step 1 – Making Fennel Cardamom Powder:

Take a mixie jar, add 1/2 tsp of fennel seeds, and four pods of cardamom into it. Grind it to get a coarse fennel cardamom powder.

Step 2 – Jaggery Preparation:

Take a pan, add 3/4 cup of jaggery with 1/2 cup of water, and mix it well. Cook at medium heat till jaggery melts. Keep this stuff aside.

Step 3 – Making Pachoru:

Take another pan and pour 6 cups of water. Add salt as per your preference. Add the fennel cardamom coarse powder as made earlier, and wait until it boils at medium heat.

Then add 3/4 cup of raw rice, and cook till the rice is cooked thoroughly. Pour the melted jaggery into it and mix well. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Add 3/4 cup of thick coconut milk and mix it well. Cook for another 2-3 minutes. Turn off the flame as the pachoru -milk rice is ready for serving!