Millet Pongal for kids / Kodo Millet Pongal

Ingredients

• 1 cup varagu/Kodo Millet
• 1/2 cup moong dal
• 1 inch ginger
• 1/2+ 1/4 cumin seeds
• 1/2+ 1/4 pepper
• 1/2 tsp asafoetida
• Salt
• 2 tsp ghee
• 3 tsp oil
• 1 tbsp oil for seasoning
• Curryleaves

Steps

1. Take all the needed ingredients.
2. In a hot cooker dry roast moong dal for 3mts. Then wash and rinse rice and dal together.
3. Then add 4 times amount of water for 1 cup. Here,for 1cup rice + 1/2cup dal, I added 6 cups of water. Note: it's for kids,so I added more water and Pongal would be little bit of watery consistency. Ifnot for kids, it's enough to add 3 times amount of water for 1 cup rice.
4. Place the cooker with rice and dal on the stove, now itself add 1/2 tsp of cumin,pepper. It's gives nice aroma to Pongal. Add salt.
5. Add ghee and oil. And bring it to boil. Then cover the lid wait for 4 whistle. Open it up when pressure is released. Mix and mash it well.
6. In a dhadka pan, add ghee/oil add cashew,fry it and keep aside. Then add rest of the 1/4tsp cumin seeds, pepper, ginger slices and asafoetida mix well. Atlast add curry leaves. Turoff the stove and pour it to Pongal.
7. Thatsit. It's delicious with Chutney and Sambar. But I feed my kid without chutney as it's kind of watery consistency.