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Thinai sakkarai pongal | Foxtail Millet Sweet Pongal-How to make-Stepwise pictures & Video


Thinai sakkarai pongal By


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

Ingredients

  • Thinai rice (Foxtail Millet) – 1 cup
  • Jaggery – 3/4 to 1 cup
  • Moong dal – ¼ cup
  • Camphor (Pachai Karpooram) – less than peppercorn size
  • Cardamom powder – ½ tbsp
  • Cashew nuts – 5 to 6 [Ghee Fried]
  • Ghee – 3 tbsp
  • Salt – a pinch
  • Water – 2 cups

Preparation

  • Wash thinai rice and moong dal.
  • Add 2 cups of water, ghee and salt then pressure cook it (aprx 4 whistles).
  • Heat jaggery with 1/2 cup water, let it melt for 3 min then drain to avoid impurities.
  • Add jaggery syrup to the thinai mixture, let it boil for 5 min.
  • Add Cardamom powder, ghee and camphor.
  • Garnish with cashew nut and serve hot.

How to make Foxtail Millet Sweet Pongal video

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

Thinai arisi (1)Thinai arisi

Washed moong dal(2)Washed moong dal

Washed thinai and moong dal mixture (3)Washed thinai and moong dal mixture

Adding ghee before cooking (4)Adding ghee before cooking

Pinch of salt before cooking (5) Adding pinch of salt before cooking

Pour water (6)Adding water

Mix well all ingredients (7)Mix well all ingredients and Now its ready for cooking

Cover lid, cook it for 4 whistles (8)Cover lid, cook it for 4 whistles

Cooked thinai rice, Moong Dal mixture (9)Cooked thinai rice, Moong Dal mixture

Melting jaggery (10)Melting jaggery

Melted jaggery syrup (11)Melted jaggery syrup

Sugar and cardamom pods (12)Sugar and cardamom pods

Manually ground cardamom powder (13) Manually grinding cardamom powder

Adding jaggery syrup to cooked thinai rice (14) Adding jaggery syrup to cooked thinai rice

Jaggery syrup mixed mixture (15) Jaggery syrup mixed thiani arisi

Adding cardamom powder (16) Adding cardamom powder to thinai rice mixture

Adding ghee (17) Adding ghee to thinai sakkarai pongal

Thinai Sakkarai Pongal is ready (18) Thinai Sakkarai Pongal or foxtail millet sweet pongal


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