How to Prepare Appetizing Little Millet Pongal (Saamai Pongal)

Little Millet Pongal (Saamai Pongal).

You can have Little Millet Pongal (Saamai Pongal) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Little Millet Pongal (Saamai Pongal)

1. You need 1 cup of millet Little (Saamai) -.
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of Moong dal -.
3. Prepare pinch of Turmeric (optional) powder - a.
4. Prepare 4 cups of Water -.
5. It's 8 - 10 of Black peppercorns (coarsely crushed) -.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of Jeera -.
7. It's 5 - 7 of Curry leaves -.
8. Prepare 1/2 inch of Ginger - piece.
9. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Asafoetida -.
10. It's 10 - 12 of Cashewnuts -.
11. It's 2 tbsps of Ghee -.
12. It's of Salt - as needed.

Little Millet Pongal (Saamai Pongal) instructions

1. Take little millet and moong dal together in a broad vessel and wash it 2-3 times..
2. Add water, turmeric powder, asafoetida, 1/2 tsp salt and jeera to it. Pressure cook for 2 whistles in high flame and 5 minutes in low flame..
3. Wait for the steam to release and then open the cooker..
4. In a small pan, heat 1 tbsp of ghee and fry cashewnuts till light brown. Add this to cooked pongal.
5. In the same hot ghee, grate ginger finely, add coarsely crushed pepper and curry leaves. Mix them well and add this to cooked pongal.
6. Add 1 tbsp ghee and the required salt to the pongal and mix all these together..
7. If it feels tight or hard, boil 1/4 cup of water and add it slowly to the pongal to get the required consistency..
8. Goes very well with sambhar..