SAAMAI ARISI VEN PONGAL / LITTLE MILLET PONGAL  RECIPE

Samai Pongal (Little Millet Pongal) is a delicious and healthy pongal variation. Best suited for breakfast, it is best served hot with sambar and chutney.

• Little millet in English
• Kutki in Hindi
• Sama in telugu
• Saame in Kannada
• Chama in Malayalam

Let’s see the recipe:

• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins
• Serves: 2 – 3

Ingredients needed:

• Saamai arisi / Little Millet – 1 cup
• Moong dal- 1/2 cup
• Water – 4 – 5 cups
• Pepper powder – ½ tsp
• Hing / Perungayam – 2 pinch

For the seasoning:

• Ghee – 3 tbsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
• Ginger – 1 inch (finley chopped)
• Curry leaves – few
• Peppercorn – 1/2 tbsp
• Green chili – 1
• Salt to taste

Method :

1. Wash the millet rice and moong dal.
2. Put this mixture in a cooker with water and cook for 4 whistle. (water ratio: 1 cup of Rice; 1/2 cup of dal = 4 to 5 cup of water;
3. Heat pan with ghee then add cumin seeds, pepper corns, ginger, curry leaves, green chili, Pepper powder and hing powder, then cut off heat.
4. Add this to cooked rice and dal mixture. Then add salt and ghee mix well.
5. Serve hot with coconut chutney and Sambar.

Very very healthy and easy Pongal is ready 🙂

Notes:

1. Another method: You can directly be seasoning it in the pressure cooker and add measured water; once it started boiling, add washed rice and dal; and pressure cook for 4 whistles
2. We can dry roast the moong dal, before we pressure cook it. It will add more flavor.
3. Ghee plays important role in Pongal recipe. So even if you are not comfortable with ghee, consider adding a half a spoon
4. Few cashew nuts can be fried in a spoon of ghee and added to the Pongal before serving.

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