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Millet Pongal | Little Millet Recipes | Millet Recipes | Millet Recipes for weight Loss

Millet pongal is a healthy, nutritious and tasty recipe. One of the ideal recipe for diabetes patients and also good for growing kids, as millet contains healthy nutrients. Further, this little millet pongal is a healthy version to sankranthi pongal recipe. So simple to make and tastes amazing.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: | South Indian
Keyword: tasty
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 3

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup Little Millet
  • ½ cup Moong Dal
  • 2 tbsp Ghee
  • 1 tsp Cumin
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 6 to 8 Black Pepper
  • Green Chilli as per taste
  • 1 tsp Ginger grated
  • 10 to 15 Cashews
  • ½ tsp Hing (Asafoetida)
  • 6 to 8 Curry Leaves
  • Salt as per taste
  • ¼ cup Dry Coconut (Kopra) grated

Instructions

  • Firstly take a small bowl and add 3/4 cup little millet. Add water and soak for 30 minutes. Drain off the water.
  • Heat a pan and add split yellow moong dal. Dry roast the moong dal for 2 to 3 mins.
  • Turn off the heat and wash the roasted moong dal and keep it aside.
  • Meanwhile heat a cooker pan and add washed moong dal, little millet. Mix it well.
  • Now add 3 cups of water and cover the lid. Pressure cook this for 3 whistles.
  • Once the steam settled down on its own, carefully open the lid and mix again. keep this aside.
  • Now heat another pan on medium flame and add a tbsp of ghee. Once the ghee is melted up, add cumin,turmeric powder and black pepper.
  • Similarly add green chilli, grated ginger, cashews. Saute well until it splutters and cashews are golden.
  • Likewise add curry leaves and hing. saute it for a min.
  • Then add cooked moong dal & millet mixture. Add required amount of water.
  • Mix everything well. Now add salt and give a quick mix.
  • Turn off the heat and add grated dry coconut and ghee. Gently mix once.
  • Now the tasty, healthy little millet pongal is ready to serve.
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