Thinai Arisi Pongal | Sweet Pongal with Fox millet

         For this Puratasi Saturday I have decided to prepare sweet pongal for neivedyam. Then I thought of preparing pongal with Thinai arisi (Fox millet). I tried this first time and it came out really well. I offered it to my neighborhood aunty. She liked it and asked the recipe. So thought of sharing with you all. This pongal is healthy one and good for heart as it is a mix of millet and jaggery.

Let us see how to prepare this healthy pongal.

  

Ingredients

Thinai Arisi/Fox millet – 1 cup

Pasi parupu/ Moong Dal – 1 cup

Jaggery – 1 cup

Ghee – 3 tbsp

Cashew nuts

Raisins

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Water – 4 cups

Method:

Soak Thinai arisi for 15 mins or more.

Take pressure cookware and add a tbsp. of ghee.

Add moong dal and fry for 2 mins or till the color changes slighty. Don’t fry for more time.

Now add thinai arisi and fry for 2 mins.

Add 4 cups of water. Cover and cook for 4 whistles.

Let the pressure subsides by itself.

Open the cookware and mash the cooked thinai with ladle.

Take jaggery in pan and water. Boil till the jaggery melts.

Filter the syrup to strain the impurities.

Take the filtered syrup to a heavy bottomed or non-stick pan.

Add the cooked thinai with dal to the syrup and mix well.

Add a tbsp. of ghee and cardamom powder. Mix well and cook till the Thinai starts leaving the sides.

Now in a small pan, fry cashews and raisins in a tbsp. of ghee and add to the pongal. Mix well.

Delicious Thinai Pongal is ready. Serve hot for its better taste.

Note:

Reheat and serve this pongal as it won’t be good at room temperature. You get only the ghee smell.