Thinai pongal recipe | Foxtail Millet Pongal-How to make-Stepwise photos

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

Ingredients

• Thinai rice [Foxtail Millet] – 1 cup
• Yellow moong dal- ¼ cup
• Ghee – 3 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Peppercorn – 1 tbsp
• Ginger – 1 inch [chopped, mashed]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Salt to taste
• Water – 2 ½ cups

Preparation

• Wash thinai rice and yellow moong dal.
• Put this mixture in a cooker with water, ghee then cook for 4 whistle.
• Heat pan with ghee then add cumin seeds, pepper corns, ginger and curry leaves then cut off heat. Add this to cooked thinai mixture.
• Then add salt and ghee mix well. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

How To Make Thinai pongal [Navane pongal] - Step by Step Procedure with Pictures

Thinai arisi

Washed yellow moong dal

Yellow moong dal with foxtail millet-perfect ratio for textured pongal

Washed thinai and moong dal mixture

Adding ghee before cooking

Pinch of salt before cooking

Pour water

Mix well all ingredients

Cover lid, cook it for 4 whistles

Cooked thinai rice, Moong Dal mixture

Add seasoned ingredients