Puli Pongal

Cooks in: 20 Minutes Serves: 2 People

Puli Pongal is a Tambrahm dish, generally made for dinner, a slight variant from Puliyodharai. The dish is mushy and served with vadams. I have tried this with little, kodo, barnyard and foxtail millets and all the four are suitable for this dish. An easy tasty dish which gets ready in a short time.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup  Millet (Little/Kodo/Barnyard/Foxtail Millet)
• 3.5 Cups of water
• 2.5 Tbsp Tamarind Paste
• 3/4 Tsp Salt
• 1 Tbsp Sesame Oil
• 1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 Tbsp Jaggery

Ingredients for seasoning:

• 2 Tbsp Sesame Oil
• 2 Tbsp Peanuts
• 1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 Tsp Urad Dal
• 1 Tsp Chana dal
• 1/4 Tsp Asafoetida Powder
• 7 or 8 Broken Red Chillies
• 10 Curry Leaves

Directions:

1. Wash and soak the millet for an hour. Drain.
2. In a Pressure Cooker, add oil and do tempering of peanuts, mustard, dals, chilli, asafoetida and curry leaves.
3. Add water, millet, salt, tamarind paste, turmeric powder and jaggery powder. Close and cook for 4 to 5 whistles.
4. Open after pressure settles down. Add a tbsp of sesame oil, mix well and serve hot with vadams.