Samai sakkarai pongal | Little Millet Sweet Pongal-How to make-Stepwise pictures & Video

Cuisine Style: Ancient Tamil Nadu | Cooking Time: 10 to 15 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Type: Breakfast, Pongal festival, Weight loss & Easy diabetic recipes

Ingredients

• Samai rice (Little Millet) – 1 cup
• Jaggery – 1 cup
• Moong dal – ¼ cup
• Cardamom powder – ½ tbsp
• Cashew nuts – 7 [Ghee Fried]
• Raisins[Kismiss] – 1 tbsp [Ghee Fried]
• Ghee – 3 tbsp
• Salt – a pinch
• Water –5 cups for open pan, 2 1/2 cups for pressure cooker

Preparation

• Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan roast cashews & raisins, keep it aside.
• Dry roast & Wash samai rice and moong dal.
• Heat 2 cups of water in a pan add moong dal & 1 tbsp ghee cook till soft.
• Then add 3 cups of water let it boil then add little millet cook till soft
• Heat jaggery with 1/2 cup water, let it melt for 3 min then drain to avoid impurities.
• Add jaggery syrup to the little millet mixture, let it boil for another 5 min.
• Finally add Cardamom powder, ghee & roasted nuts
• Then cut off heat & serve hot

How to make Samai sakkarai pongal/Little millet Sweet Pongal video

How To Make Samai sakkarai pongal- Stepwise Pictures [Pressure cooker method]

Saamai sakkarai pongal ingredients

Wash samai millet 2 times

Soak for 10 min[optional]

Dry roast moong dal

Now its ready, wash

Add water, ghee cook till soft

Add ghee

Add cashews, raisins roast till light brown

Now its ready,cut off heat, keep it aside

Add samai rice cook till soft

Add jaggery syrup

Add pinch of salt

Let it cook for 5 to 10 min

Add cardamom powder

Add roasted cashews & raisins

Add ghee[1/4 cup]

Now its ready, cut off heat

Little millet sweet pongal

Samai rice sakkarai pongal