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Are you looking for a healthy and yummy pongal recipe to kick start your baby’s festival spirit? Here is an extremely healthy Kodo millet Pongal recipe!
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Kodo Millet Pongal Recipe

y little moppet brings you a tasty south Indian recipe to make your breakfast more special in this pongal season! A tasty and easily made recipe with full of healthy ingredients. This wholesome breakfast kodo millet pongal can make the baby more energetic and active throughout the day!
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • Varagu/Kodo millet - 1 cup
  • Moong dal - 2 tbsp
  • Pepper - 1 tsp
  • Jeera - 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves - 1 spring
  • Turmeric powder - a pinch
  • Water
  • Ginger - 1 tbsp finely chopped
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp
  • Cashews - 5 splitted

Method
 

  1. Wash and soak koda millet and moongdal for 1 hour.
  2. Heat a small pressure cooker with ghee and add pepper, jeera. Let it splutter.
  3. Add curry leaves.
  4. Add ginger, turmeric and saute.
  5. Add moong dal and saute.
  6. Add Kodo millet / Varagu and saute.
  7. Add water and bring it to a boil.
  8. Pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles in medium flame.
  9. Heat a tadka pan with ghee.
  10. Once the ghee is heated, add cashews and fry it till golden brown.
  11. Add the ghee fried cashews to the Pongal once pressure is released from the cooker and mix well.
  12. Yummy & healthy millet pongal for kids is ready to serve.