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