Millet Pongal
Millet Pongal is a healthy and tasty version of millet made by cooking millet, moong dal with ghee, cashews and tempered spices. Millet Pongal is a great way to eat millet which otherwise is bland. How to make Millet Pongal is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup thinai arisi
- 1/4 cup moong dal
- 3 cups water
- 5 cashews whole
- 1 teaspoon ghee
- salt to taste
To Temper:
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper whole or crushed roughly
- 1/2 teaspoon jeera whole or crushed roughly
- few curry leaves
- 1 green chillies
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger chopped finely
- 1/8 teaspoon hing
Instructions
- Dry roast moong dal till golden brown. Transfer to pressure cooker, then rinse the millet well, drain water and add it to cooker.
- Add water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles in medium flame. Switch off.
- Once pressure releases, mash up rice and dal well with a ladle. It will look gooey at this stage but will start to thicken with time.
- Now get ready with the tempering items…Heat oil in a pan – add the items listed under ‘ temper’ let it splutter.
- Add the tempered items to the pongal, add required salt mix well. Fry cashews in ghee till golden brown.
- Add fried cashews to the pongal. Give a quick stir , I added little more salt as it was too less when I tasted it .
- Serve Millet Pongal hot with a drizzle of ghee on top along with chutney and sambar.
Notes
- I recommend serving hot / warm else it will become dry as with any pongal.
- Drizzle ghee, garnish with cashews while serving to give the pongal a more appealing look 🙂
- If you don’t like whole pepper corns then crush it coarsely and then add it.
Nutrition Facts
Millet Pongal
Amount Per Serving (100 g)
Calories 349
Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 6mg2%
Sodium 104mg5%
Potassium 141mg4%
Carbohydrates 55g18%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 13g26%
Vitamin A 59IU1%
Vitamin C 3mg4%
Calcium 34mg3%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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