From our kitchen
Millet Ven Pongal
சிறுதானிய வெண் பொங்கல்
Everything you love about ven pongal, made with little millet instead of rice — lighter, and it keeps you full much longer.
Ingredients
- Little millet – 1 cup
- Moong dal – 1/4 cup
- Water – 4 cups
- Ghee – 2 tbsp
- Pepper – 1 tsp
- Cumin – 1 tsp
- Ginger – small piece, chopped
- Curry leaves and cashew – a few
- Salt – to taste
Method
- 1Dry roast the moong dal until it smells nutty, then rinse both the dal and the millet.
- 2Pressure cook them together with 4 cups of water for 3 whistles.
- 3Heat the ghee and temper the pepper, cumin, ginger, curry leaves and cashew.
- 4Pour the tempering in, add salt, and mix well.
- 5Serve hot with sambar or coconut chutney.