
Samai Pongal
Little millet and moong dal cooked soft, with ghee, pepper, cumin and ginger. Warm breakfast.
Ise little millet pongal, saame huggi naam se bhi khoja jata hai.
Time 69 min · Serves 3 · 323 kcal · South India, Multiple States
Ingredients
Main
- Ginger — 15 g
- Sesame Oil — 5 g
- Turmeric Powder — 0.5 g
- Water — 720 g
- Little Millet — 200 g
- yellow moong dal — 50 g
- Ghee — 4.5 g
- Black Peppercorns (Tellicherry Bold Grade) — 2.65 g
- salt (optional) — 3 g
Tempering
- Cumin Seeds — 2.65 g
- Curry Leaves — 2 g
- Asafoetida (optional) — 0.3 g
Method
- Wash the little millet and moong dal.
- Soak both for 30 minutes, then drain.
- Add millet, dal, water, turmeric and salt to a pressure cooker.
- Cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
- Switch off and let the pressure release.
- Heat ghee and sesame oil in a tadka pan.
- Add cumin, peppercorns, ginger, curry leaves and asafoetida.
- Pour the tempering over the pongal. Stir and serve hot.
Common questions
- Samai Pongal ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- सामई पोंगल ko English mein Samai Pongal likhte hain.
- Ek plate Samai Pongal mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 323 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 69 min lagta hai — 19 min taiyari, 50 min pakana.
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