How to Prepare Yummy Huggi/ Pongal - with Navane/Foxtail Millet

Huggi/ Pongal - with Navane/Foxtail Millet.

You can have Huggi/ Pongal - with Navane/Foxtail Millet using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Huggi/ Pongal - with Navane/Foxtail Millet

1. Prepare 1 cup of Moong dal (soaked in water for 15 min) -.
2. You need ½ cup of Rice (soaked in water for 15 min) -.
3. It's ½ cup of millet Navane */ Foxtail (soaked in water for 15 min) -.
4. It's 1 tbsp of Ginger shredded -.
5. It's 2 of chilies Green slit -.
6. Prepare ¼ tsp of Turmeric powder -.
7. Prepare to taste of Salt.
8. Prepare 2 tbsps of Coconut grated (optional) -.
9. Prepare 1 sprig of Curry leaves (optional) -.
10. Prepare 2 tbsps of Ghee Oil /   -.
11. Prepare 1 sprig of Black pepper cumin and crushed slightly -.

Huggi/ Pongal - with Navane/Foxtail Millet step by step

1. In a pressure pan, heat oil, add the crushed pepper and cumin seeds, curry leaf, shredded ginger and slit green chilies. Stir fry for a min on medium flame..
2. Add the drained rice, moong dal and navane/foxtail millet, salt, turmeric powder and 3 cups of water and pressure cook until done (At home it gets done in 3 whistles).
3. Serve hot with sweet chutney and tambuli or raita..
4. Note: Roasting the rice, moong dal and navane adds a more nutty flavor to the huggi and also separates the grains..
5. Variations:.
6. For diabetic food, eliminate the rice completely and substitute it with broken wheat or millet.
7. Gluten free huggi without rice: 1 cup of moong dal and 1 cup of navane.
8. Navane/Foxtail millet can be substituted with Kodo/Harka millet.
9. Whole moong dal/green gram dal soaked for 12 hours can be substituted for yellow moong dal.