Thinai keerai pongal | Foxtail millet greens pongal-How to make-Stepwise photos

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

Ingredients

• Thinai [foxtail millet] – 1 ½ cup
• Moong dal – ½ cup
• Arai keerai [Greens, Amaranthus Tristis] – 1 cup [washed, plucked & chopped]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Water - 3 ¼ cups

For seasoning [Ingredients]

• Ginger – 1 tbsp [chopped & mashed]
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Peppercorns - 7
• Cashew nuts – 10
• Green chilli – 1 [finely chopped]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Ghee – 3 tbsp

Preparation

• Dry roast thinai arisi and soak for 5 min. Dry roast moong dal & soak for 5 min.
• Heat pressure cooker, add thinai arisi, moong dal, water & ghee, cover it & cook for 4 whistles Pluck, Wash & chop arai keerai.
• Heat ghee in a pan, add chopped arai keerai, turmeric powder & salt sauté gently. Then add water cook till soft [apr. 4 min].
• For seasoning: - Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds, pepper corns, ginger, green chili, cashews & curry leaves sauté then cut off heat.
• Add cooked arai keerai & seasoned ingredients in to thinai mixture.
• Add salt & ghee mix well then serve hot with chutney or pickle.

How To Make Thinai keerai pongal - Step by Step Photos

Thinai arisi & moong dal

Dry roast, wash, soak for 5 min

Heat pressure cooker, add thinai, moong dal, water & ghee, cover lid, cook for 4 whistles

After 4 whistles, perfectly cooked thinai arisi, now add salt mix well

Heat ghee in a pan add arai keerai, saute gently

Add salt & turmeric powder mix well

Add water cook till soft

Perfectly cooked, now cut off heat

Add arai keerai mixture mix well

Heat pan, add ghee

Add seasoning ingredients-cumin seeds, peppercorns

Add cashews

Add ginger, green chilli

Add curry leaves, saute then cut off heat

Add seasoned ingredients

Mix well, finally add 2 tbsp of ghee mix well

Thinai keerai pongal is ready-Serve hot with chutney or pickle

Foxtail millet greens pongal