Milk Pongal
Paal Pongal is a traditional recipe from Tamil Nadu which is usually made during pongal to celebrate the harvest festival.It is completely cooked in milk till mushy.
Servings Prep Time
2people 10minutes
Cook Time
25minutes
Servings Prep Time
2people 10minutes
Cook Time
25minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. First roast moong dhal and keep aside.Rinse rice and add it along with moong dal in a pressure cooker. Add 1 cup milk and 2 cups water.Make sure your pressure cooker is big enough the water milk and rice mixture should just be to 1/4th of the cooker so that it will not overflow.
  2. Pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles until soft. Mash it well with a laddle and add the remaining milk say 1/2 cup of milk in intervals twice and mix well.Allow it to boil for 3mins until its thick.Add required salt.
  3. Add coconut, ghee and give a quick stir.Add the ghee fried cashews and switch it off.
  4. Garnish the savory paal pongal with the roasted cashews and ghee.
  5. Serve it with pongal curry / kuzhambu the best accompaniment!