Oats Pongal
Oats Pongal is a healthy & tasty version of oats and is made by cooking oats with moong dal, tempered spices in water & flavoured with ghee & cashews. Oats Pongal is light as well as filling and hold the appetite for hours together. How to make Oats Pongal is featured in this recipe with step by step pictures.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oats I used quaker quick cooking oats
- 1/4 cup moong dal
- 5 cashews broken
- 3/4 water
- 1 teaspoon ghee
- salt to taste
To temper:
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper whole or crushed roughly
- few curry leaves
- 1 green chillies
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger chopped finely
- 1/8 teaspoon hing
Instructions
- Pressure cook moong dal along with 3/4 cup of water for 4-5 whistles or until mushy.
- Ghee fry the cashews until golden brown and keep it ready.Mash it well with a laddle, set aside.
- In a pan heat oil – add the items under ‘to temper’ let it splutter.
- Then add water and let it boil, add oats and mashed dal together, mix well and let it cook for 2-3 mins.
- Once oats is cooked and it reaches a semi thick consistency, add the cashews, give a quick stir and switch off.
- Serve Oats Pongal hot with a drizzle of ghee on top along with chutney and sambar.
Notes
- Adjust water according to the consistency you like your pongal to be.
- Drizzle ghee, garnish with cashews while serving to give the pongal a more appealing look 🙂
- If you dont like whole pepper corns then crush it coarsely.
Nutrition Facts
Oats Pongal
Amount Per Serving (125 g)
Calories 241
Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 6mg2%
Sodium 2027mg88%
Potassium 108mg3%
Carbohydrates 33g11%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 10g20%
Vitamin A 431IU9%
Vitamin C 203mg246%
Calcium 70mg7%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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