Monday, 14 January 2019

Ven pongal & Millet pongal


Happy Sankranti this is the festival of first harvest. We prepare pongal a lentil dish for the occasion.  I have done Ven pongal which is rice & lentil cooked and tempered with spices.


For the sweet I have made Millet pongal. Millet & lentil cooked with jaggery  & milk

Make healthy gluten free pongal for any occasion using any millet, I have used kudo Millet to make this super easy kheer

Millets are traditionally important grains,Millets are gaining popularity these days because of their health benefits like high fiber content, gluten free and rich nutritional content. So replace your Rice with Millets & make all the dishes healthy & low calorie

Ingredients for Millet kheer(Serves 4)

Kudo Millet:1 cup
Moong daal(Yellow lentil): 3 sps
Jaggery: 1cup
Milk: 3cups
Cashew & Raisins: ½ cup
Ghee: ¼ th cup
Cardamom Powder: ½ sp
Water: 3 cups

Procedure is very simple & it cooks very soon:

Soak Millet Overnite for best results(min 1 hr)
Heat a Pan add 2sps ghee, add drained moong daal & fry 2 min

Then add washed & drained Millet & fry it as well. Add 3 cups water & cook till soft
It will bloom up and double in quantity
Add the Jaggery & cook till Jaggery melts
Then add Milk & cook on slow flame till it thickens
Lastly add cardamom powder

Fry the Cashew Nuts & Raisins in the remaining ghee & pour it over the pongal

Mix well & serve this healthy gluten free pongal for any occasion.

Ven pongal Ingredients

Rice:1 cup
Moong daal(Yellow lentil): 4-5 sps
For tempering
Oil: 2-3 sps
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves: 4-5
Green chilies:2-3
Cumin: 1sp

Pressure Cook Rice & yellow daal with 3glasses of water
Cool down add salt to taste
Make a tempering add oil & all other ingredients under temper
Once it sizzles add to the pongal & mix

Happy Sankranti enjoy Ven pongal & sweetmillet pongal

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