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Millet Quinoa Pongal

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Millet Quinoa Pongal: Easy, very healthy and tasty breakfast or snack Ingredients: Barnyard millet rice – 1/2 cup Organic Quinoa – 1/2 cup Split green gram/Moong dal – 1 cup Red onion – 1 small size, thinly sliced Green chillies – 3 medium spice, slit Dry red chillies – 3 Cashewnuts – 8, split Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Cumin seeds – 1.5 tsp Pepper corns - 15 Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/4 tbsp Garlic cloves – 4 big size, thinly sliced Ginger garlic paste – 1.5 tsp Dry coconut powder – 1 tbsp (optional) Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch, cut for garnish Salt as per taste Gingely Oil for tempering Instructions: Wash and rinse barnyard millet rice, organic quinoa and split green gram for 20 mins. Add sufficient water and pressure cook all the 3 ingredients together along with pepper corns. You may also add pepper corns while tempering if you do not prefer it to be cooked together with rice. Generally, we prefer pongal to ...

Indian gooseberry millet rice/ Amla Udhalu rice

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Indian gooseberry millet rice/ Amla Udhalu rice: Easy, very healthy and tasty breakfast or snack Ingredients: Barnyard millet rice – 1 cup Indian gooseberry – 3 Green chillies – 5, medium spice Dry red chillies – 3 Split Cashewnuts - 10 Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Sesame seeds – 1 tsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Fried split bengal gram – 1/2 tbsp Split black gram – 1/4 tbsp Roasted split peanuts – 1 tbsp Dry coconut powder – 1 tbsp Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch, cut, for garnish Salt as per taste Oil for tempering Instructions: Pre-cook the millet rice and let it cool. In a blender, add the pitted gooseberries, green chillies, salt and blend into a fine paste. In a thick bottomed kadai, add some oil and heat it. Once the oil is heated, add mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter, add cashew nuts and roast until they turn slightly brown. Now, add fried bengal gram, split black gram and roast till they slightly turn brown. Now, add ...