Barnyard Millet Sweet Pongal
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Barnyard Millet Sweet Pongal

Barnyard Millet (Kuthiraivali) Sweet Pongal is a healthy twist to the popular South Indian rice sweet pongal and is cooked with the healthier barnyard millet (kuthiraivali), jaggery and garnished with ghee roasted cashews and golden raisins and flavored with crushed cardamom.

Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Barnyard Millet, Dessert, Kuthiraivali, Pongal, Sweet Pongal
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 people
Author Senthil Sadasivam

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Barnyard Millet (Kuthiraivali)
  • 2 cups Jaggery powdered
  • 1/4 cup Ghee
  • 1/4 cup Cashews
  • 1/4 cup Raisins
  • 4 Cardamom (Elaichi) crushed
  • Salt to taste optional

Instructions

  1. Cook barnyard millet (kuthiraivali) with 4 times water in electric rice cooker or a pressure cooker.

  2. Boil powdered jaggery with 3 cups water for a few mins until the jaggery powder is fully dissolved (stir to accelerate this process). Filter using a colander to remove any residue. If you already have powdered jaggery that is free of residue, you can skip this step and directly add the jaggery powder to the boiled millet.

  3. Mix this jaggery syrup (paagu) with cooked millet and continue cooking on a pot in medium heat until you get the desired consistency.

  4. Heat ghee (good homemade ghee is a must) on a pan, fry cashews and raisins and add to the Pongal.
  5. Top off with more ghee, crushed cardamom (elaichi), mix well and serve.

Recipe Notes

There are many other popular variations to making this Barnyard Millet Sweet Pongal - you can add moong dal, chana dal, white/ rock sugar, milk, coconut, etc.