Thinai Sakkarai Pongal ~ Day 9
Thinai Sakkarai Pongal or Foxtail Millet Sweet Pongal is a sweet preparation made with millet and moong dal, jaggery. This is a good alternative to regular sweet pongal made with rice.
Ingredients
For Pongal
- 1/2 cup Foxtail Millet / Thinai arisi
- 2 tbsp Split Yellow Moong Dal
- 2 tbsp Chana Dal
- 1 cup Jaggery
- 1.5 cups Water
- 1 no Cardamom
For tempering
- 5 to 6 Cashewnuts whole
- 2 tbsp Ghee
Instructions
- Wash and soak the thinai, moong dal and chana in a pressure cooker. Let it rest for 15 mins.
- Then pressure cook for 3 whistles and let the pressure fall down.
- In another pan, add powdered jaggery with just enough water, bring to boil. Once the jaggery melts, strain to remove impurities and cook for 5 mins high, so that the syrup becomes thick.
- Once the pressure falls down, add the jaggery syrup to the cooked millet and mix well.
- Add cardamom and pressure cook for another whistle.
- Heat ghee in a pan, fry cashew till golden. Add this to the cooked thinai
- Offer as Neivedyam and partake.
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