Foxtail Millet Sweet Pongal Recipe | Thinai Sakkarai Pongal Recipe
Foxtail millet sweet pongal is healthy and nutritious pongal made with thinai arisi.
Servings 0
Ingredients
- Foxtail millet ½ cup
- Moong dal 3 tbsp
- Water 2 ¼ cup
- Jaggery ½-3/4 cup
- Sugar 1 tsp
- Cardamom 2
- Salt a pinch
- Ghee 2 tbsp
- Cashews 7-8
Instructions
- Dry roast moong dal in low flame till aroma comes.
- Wash moong dal and millet together and take in a pressure cooker.
- Add water, close the pan and allow it to cook for 1 whistle and 10 minutes in low flame or till 3 whistles whichever is earlier.
- Once pressure releases open the pan and mash the pongal.
- Add jaggery to it and cook for few mins till jaggery is melted and everything is mixed.
- Now add sugar, pinch of salt and cardamom powder to it.
- Heat ghee in pan and roast cashews till golden brown.
- Add the cashews and ghee to pongal and give a quick mix and switch off the flame.
- Healthy and delicious foxtail millet sweet pongal is ready.
Notes
Adjust the proportion of moong dal according to your preference.
My mom always add little sugar for sakkarai pongal so I follow the same.
If your jaggery is having impurities, filter and add it.