Dry roast moong dal for 3-4 minutes in medium flame , without getting burnt.Let the dal get aromatic .

Add washed rice and roast for 2-3 minutes.

Add water and milk to it . Mix

Pressure cook till 5-6 whistles.

Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and mash the dal n rice mixture with the back of the laddle.Keep aside.

In a heavy bottomed kadai, add a teaspoon of ghee and fry cashews till they change in colour. Fry raisins as well in the same pan till they fluff up. Switch off and add cloves powder. Keep it aside

To the same vessel, add jaggery and little water (Just enough to cover the jaggery). Stir occasionally to melt all the jaggery. When the jaggery melts filter to remove impurities.

Add it to mashed rice and dal mix to the jaggery syrup. Mix well so that there are no lumps in it.

Keep the flame on low and stir in between so that the mixture doesn't stick to the bottom. Let the rice absorb the jaggery syrup.

When the mixture attains a good consistency ( ie they start becoming a mass), add ghee, roasted nuts, cardamom powder, edible camphor and dry coconut. Mix well. Stir for 2-3 mins so that ghee gets nicely blended with the pongal and you are left with a creamy texture.

Switch off. Delicious Sweet Sakkarai pongal is ready for neivedhyam.