NotesEven coconut can be grinded along for more flavor. IngredientsVaragarisi(Kodo Millet ) - 1/2 cup Samaiarisi(Little Millet) - 1/2 cup Thinaiarisi(Foxtail Millet) -1/2 cup Masoor dhal - 1/2 cup Pasiparruppu (green gram skinless ) - 1/2 - 3/4 cup Salt to taste red chillies - 7-8 Asafoetida a little Some coriander and curry leaves (keep some curry leaves to mix with batter and for grinding) Big onion - 1 cup chopped Grated coconut (for mixing with the batter) - 2 tbsp Ani seeds(sombu) - 1tsp Jeera (seeragam) - 1tsp InstructionsAbove are the three millet's and dhall to be soaked. Email Pin It 1/2 cup Samaiarisi. 1/2 cup Thinaiarisi
Now take cleaned samai, washed green gram and all other given ingredients in a pressure cooker. I tried pongal with little millet and let me present the method of preparation here
grain preventing some diseases, when I was attending health conference in my. college days, the experts were said that Samai will prevent the bad cholesterol
Knead boli maavu as given in my old post. generally maida is used to prepare boli maavu. Today I made boli maavu ( dough ) with thinai flour along with maida
Kodo Millet VenPongal (Varagu). Varagu arisi can be substituted with Quinoa/Samai too. I had already posted few recipes made of millets like Kodomillet rice,Milletspongal,Millets Dosa, Kodomillet masala paniyaram etc
Millets are small seeded grass that grow well in dry areas as rain fed crops. Varagarisi - Varagu - Kodo Millet looks like sego and can be cooked like rice
Very recently i started making upma & pongal varieties using millets. I tried Venpongal using Varagu( Kodo millet in English,Koden/Kodra in Hindi,Harka in Kannada,Arikelu in Telugu,Koovaragu in Malayalam- Source-Wikipedia) for the first time
Everyone should know the benefits of millets and start practicing to prepare often at home. So I asked mom and she told me that venpongal is one among the offerings and I decided to go ahead with it as it is also very easy
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