Varagu Arisi Pongal

Varagu Arisi Pongal/ Kodo Millet Pongal 

Varagu Arisi/ Kodo millet Pongal is an excellent recipe which can be made for breakfast/ during Tiffin. 

Ingredients:

Kodo millet- 1 cup

Moong dal- 1 cup

Cashews- few

Crushed Pepper- 1/2 tsp

Crushed cumin - 1/2 tsp

Ghee - 2 tablespoons 

Curry leaves few

Asafoetida- 1/4 tsp

Salt to taste 

Method:

# Wash and soak kodo millet for 2-3 hrs.

# Wash Moong dal well.

# Mix Moong dal and soaked millet add 2.5 cups of water and Pressure cook for 3-4 whisles.

# Once pressure is released mash the Pongal well. Add Salt and Asafoetida and give a good stir.

# Heat a pan add ghee add cashews, crushed pepper, crushed cumin. Let the Cashews change its colour add to the Pongal and mix well. Add curry leaves and mix.

Pongal is ready to serve.

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Littlemillet Dosa / Samai Dosai

Little Millet Dosa / Samai Dosai

Millets are very popular now a days. This is a simple, healthy millet breakfast recipe.

Ingredients:

Samai / little Millet - 3 cups

Urud dal - 1 cup

Aval / flat beatten rice flakes/ chivda - 1 cup

Fenugreek / methi seeds - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil - for making dosa

Method:

# wash and soak urud dal with fenugreek/ methi seeds for 1 hr.

# Wash little Millet and soak seperately for 1.5 hrs.

# Wash aval / beatten rice flakes for half an hour.

# Grind urud dal by adding little water. Sprinkle water and grind to a smooth, fluffy paste.

# Drain the water from little millet and grind by adding little water. Grind it to a smooth paste.

# Grind beatten rice flakes / aval to a smooth paste.

# Mix all the three paste together. Add salt and let it ferment for 2-3 hrs. Dosa batter should be slightly thin in consistency.

# Heat a tawa/ dosa pan... sprinkle some oil...tawa should be hot not smokee. 

# Add a laddle full of dosa batter, spread, add little oil. Let it cook....when sides of the dosa slightly changed its colour, try to flip. Cook for 30 seconds. 

Little Millet Dosa is ready to serve.

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Strawberry Smoothie

Strawberry Smoothie

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A simple, easy, healthy, fuss-free Smoothie recipe with fresh strawberries and banana's.

Ingredients:

Fresh strawberries - 1 cup

Banana's - 3-4 nos (medium size)

Oats - 2 tablespoons

Milk - 1/2 cup (125 ml)

Sugar - 1 tablespoon

Method:

# In a blender add chopped bananas, chopped strawberries, oats, sugar, milk and blend well... until every thing is smooth.

# Transfer to the serving glasses, garnish with strawberries and enjoy.

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Proso Millet Dosa (Millet Dosai)

Proso Millet Dosa / Pannivaragu Dosai(Millet Dosai)

Millets are a good source of nutrition as compared to rice. Nowadays people prefer to take millets in their daily food intakes. Proso Millet / Pannivaragu/ Barri / Varrigulu/ Barahu dosa recipe is easy to make with just 3 ingredients. 

For dosa no fermentation is required but if you wish can rest the batter for half an hour.

My batter rested for 3-4 hrs. As I prefer resting the dosa batter which gives a slight sourness to dosa.

Ingredients:

Proso Millet/ Pannivaragu - 3 cups

Urud dal/ black gram dal - 1 cup

Fenugreek/ methi seeds - 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1.5 tsp / as per taste

Oil - 3-4 tablespoons

Method:

# Rinse and wash proso millet.

# Soak it for 2-3 hrs.

# Wash and soak urud dal and methi for 45 minutes.

# First grind urud dal and methi to a smooth paste. Sprinkle water / add water to form a smooth paste.

# Remove the urud dal paste in a container.

# Grind proso millet, salt by adding little water in two batches.

# Mix well urud dal paste and prosomillet paste together with your hands, as it helps the batter to ferment faster. For dosa batter you can add little water to adjust the consistency. It should not be thick like a idli batter. A thin dropping consistency.

# Heat a tawa / non-stick pan. Sprinkle oil let the tawa be heated well, add a scope of batter and spread to form a circle to make dosa. Sprinkle some oil. Flame should me in medium heat.

# In 30 seconds flip the dosa.

# Cook for 30 seconds. 

Proso Millet/ Pannivaragu Dosai is ready to serve.

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