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Varagu Samai Inipu Pongal

Varagu Samai Inipu Pongal is a healthy delicious sweet pongal made with a mix of millets like kodo millet and little millet. How to cook Varagu Samai Inipu Pongal is featured in this post with step by step pictures.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Servings2
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup varagu / kodo millet
  • 1/4 cup samai / little millet
  • 2 and 1/2 tablespoon moong dal
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup jaggery
  • 2 tablespoon ghee
  • 2 nos cloves optional
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • 10 nos cashews
  • 15 nos raisins

Instructions

  • To begin with first soak jaggery in warm water (till immersing level) , crush it well. Then heat it up until it is slightly thick (no string consistency needs to be checked). Strain and keep aside.
  • Dry roast the millets along with moong dal till slightly golden. Then rinse it well and cook it with enough water till its soft. It should be mashable, Set aside.
  • Fry cloves in ghee, then fry cashews and raisins till golden.
  • Now add the jaggery syrup and mix well. Let it boil for 2 mins so that jaggery gets nicely blended with the it.
  • Now add milk and cook for 3mins. Finally add ghee, give a quick mix and garnish with ghee fried cashews and raisins.
  • Serve Varagu Samai Inipu Pongal hot with ghee drizzled and remaining cashews and raisins.

Notes

  • You can even use pressure cooker for cooking it. As millets cook faster I chose to cook in the earthernware itself.
  • Cook millets and moongdal together then half it to make sweet pongal and the savory version this way its very easy.
  • Use any millet of your choice.I had used varagu and samai little leftover so thought to finish it up.
  • Pongal gets thicker in consistency after cooling down so switch off accordingly.
    If it gets dry, while serving add little ghee and milk.
  • I used paagu velam to get the dark brown color and also for the taste. You can use normal round jaggery too.
  • You can also use saffron if you like the flavour.
  • Drizzle ghee and garnish with cashews,raisins while serving, tastes yumm!!
Nutrition Facts
Varagu Samai Inipu Pongal
Amount Per Serving (200 g)
Calories 665 Calories from Fat 180
% Daily Value*
Fat 20g31%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 42mg14%
Sodium 25mg1%
Potassium 202mg6%
Carbohydrates 109g36%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 53g59%
Protein 12g24%
Vitamin A 87IU2%
Vitamin C 0.5mg1%
Calcium 81mg8%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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