Varagu arisi pongal | kodo millet rice | Paspalum scrobiculatum | varagu rice pongal

Cuisine Style: Ancient Tamil Nadu | Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 2 | Take with: Chutney, Chips, Pickle, medu vadai | Type: Breakfast, Pongal festival, Weight loss & Easy diabetic recipe

Ingredients

• Varagu rice (kodo millet) - 1 cup
• Moong dal - ¼ cup
• Ghee – 3 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Ginger – 1 inch
• Curry leaves – 1 leaf
• Peppercorn – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water – 2 cups

Preparation

• Take varagu rice and moong dal in a cooker.
• Wash and cook (with 1 tbsp of ghee) for 4 whistle.
• Heat pan with ghee then add cumin seeds, pepper corns, ginger and curry leaves then cut off heat. Add this in cooked varagu mixture. Then add salt and ghee mix well. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

How To Make Varagu arisi pongal- Step by Step Procedure with Pictures

Varagu rice (1)

Moong dal (2)

Varagarisi moong dal mixture (3)

Varagu rice moong dal in pressure cooker (4)

Adding ghee (5)

Cooked varagu rice mixture (6)

Adding Salt and crushed peppercorns (7)

Seasoning with cumin,ginger,peppercorn (8)

Adding curry leaves in seasoning (9)

Added seasoning to varagu rice (10)

Ready to eat varagu rice pongal (11)