Paal Pongal Recipe | Milk Pongal Recipe
Paal Pongal is made for Pongal festival or Makar Sankaranthi along with Sweet Pongal or Sakkarai Pongal with the first harvested rice of the year. Paal Pongal is offered to Sun God and traditionally cooked in open space facing sun in mud / brass pots. Learn to make Paal Pongal Recipe with step by step pictures and video.
Servings3
Ingredients
Paal Pongal in pot
- 1 cup raw rice
- 2 tablespoon moong dal optional
- 6 cups water
- 1 + 1/2 cup milk
- salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon ghee plus 2 tablespoon for serving
Paal pongal in Cooker
- 1/2 cup raw rice
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoon moong dal
- 1 cups milk
- 2 tablespoon coconut
- few ghee fried cashews
- salt to taste
- 1 cup water
Instructions
Paal pongal in pot
- First rinse 1 cup raw rice rice, 2 tablespoon moong dal, drain water and keep it ready.
- To a brass pot add 1/2 cup milk.
- Then add 6 cups water.
- Let it boil.
- Let it boil, keep in medium high. Let it overflow. Pongalo pongal!
- Now add rice and dal.
- Mix well and cook in medium flame,keep stirring.
- Rice is almost cooked now.
- Now add remaining 1 cup milk and required salt.
- Cook until its thick and creamy.Keep stirring to avoid burning at the bottom.
- Finally add 2 tablespoon ghee mix well and switch off.
- While serving make a dent in the center add ghee in it and Serve.
- Serve hot or warm!
Paal pongal in cooker
- First roast moong dhal and keep aside.Rinse rice and add it along with moong dal in a pressure cooker. Add 1/2 cup milk and 1 cup water.Make sure your pressure cooker is big enough the water milk and rice mixture should just be to 1/4th of the cooker so that it will not overflow.
- Pressure cook it for 4 whistles until soft. Mash it well with a laddle and add the remaining 1/2 cup of milk and mix well.Allow it to boil for 3mins until its thick.Add required salt.
- Add coconut, ghee and give a quick stir.Add the ghee fried cashews and switch it off.
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Notes
- Don't skip coconut here as its one of the main ingredient that gives flavor to the pongal.
- Any veggie gravy will get along with this very well, so when combined and had, no salt is required!
- It thickens with time so add hot milk while serving time if its too thick.
Nutrition Facts
Paal Pongal Recipe | Milk Pongal Recipe
Amount Per Serving (125 g)
Calories 421
Calories from Fat 126
% Daily Value*
Fat 14g22%
Saturated Fat 9g56%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 40mg13%
Sodium 2660mg116%
Potassium 254mg7%
Carbohydrates 61g20%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 217IU4%
Calcium 187mg19%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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