Saamai (little millet) Pongal
Saamai (little millet) Pongal

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Little Millet / Saamai Rice pongal made with tempering Pepper, Jeera in addition with dal makes this delicious. Yes of course Millets are believed to be good for diabetic patients and it is non glutinous. A healthy variation of Mala Mami's finger-licking good pongal - a one-pot recipe with little millets/ saamai, broken wheat and moong dal/black gram for a. Узнать причину. Закрыть.

Saamai (little millet) Pongal is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Saamai (little millet) Pongal is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have saamai (little millet) pongal using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Saamai (little millet) Pongal:
  1. Get 3/4 cup saamai
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup moong dal
  3. Make ready 4 1/4 cup water
  4. Make ready 1 tsp pepper
  5. Make ready 2 green chilly
  6. Get 1 tsp cumin seeds
  7. Get 2 tbsp ghee
  8. Prepare 1 pinch asafoetida
  9. Prepare Salt as required

I have tried thinai idli,mixed millet sathu maavu,millet ladoo so far & shared the same here. Varagu,samai & kuthiravali recipes are in my try list for long time. To start with,i tried this samai sweet pongal recipe / Samai sakkarai pongal. Millet pongal recipe - sharing another millet recipe that is filling, healthy and protein rich.

Steps to make Saamai (little millet) Pongal:
  1. Wash saamai and moong dal together.
  2. Add water and required salt. Pressure cook it for 3 whistles.
  3. To Temper: Heat a small pan with ghee, add cashews and fry until golden brown. Keep aside. In the same pan, add cumin seeds, pepper, asafoetida, green chilly. Let it splutter. Pour this to cooked Pongal and stir it.
  4. Serve with coconut chutney and sambar.

I have used hulled foxtail millet, called as thinai in tamil, korralu in telugu & navane in kannada. You can use any other millet like kodo millet (varagu), little millet (sama) or barnyard millet to make this pongal. I have explained about the nutritional benefits of Saamai (Little Millet) in Little millet Kichadi Recipe. Such a nutritional rich millet should be included frequently in our diet. This time, I have used this Saamai to make a very tasty payasam.

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