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Kodo Millet Pongal

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Varagu AKA
Kodo Millet Pongal
With Cashews: A Traditional South Indian Dish

30 mins
Cooking Time
Easy
Difficulty
13
Ingredients
Veg
Diet
Kodo millet pongal, known locally as varagu pongal, is a quick and nutritious breakfast dish. It’s healthier than regular pongal because it uses kodo millet as a base. The addition of cashews enhances the benefits, texture, and flavour. And the best part? It comes together in a matter of minutes.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients
½ cup Varagu rice/kodo millet
3 tbspMoong daal
5Cashews
1 ½ cupsWater
1 tspGhee
to tastesalt
1 tspOil
½ tspCumin seeds
1Green chilli
3-4Curry leaves
½ tspPepper (crushed)
½ tspGinger (finely chopped)
⅛ tspHing

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Directions

Description - Step 1

Step 1: Prep the ingredients

In a pan, dry roast (roast without ghee or oil) the moong dal on a low flame for a few minutes, till it turns golden brown. Dry roast the moong dal till golden brown. Thoroughly rinse the kodo millet under running water. Now, soak the roasted dal and rinsed millet in water for 20 minutes.  

 

Step 1
Step 1: Prep the ingredients
10 Minutes
Step 2
Step 2: Cook the pongal
10-12 Minutes
Step 3
Step 3: Prepare the tempering
5 Minutes
Step 4
Step 4: Add the tempering and serve
2 Minutes