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quinoa pongal

Quinoa Pongal

5 from 13 votes
Quinoa pongal is creamy and tasty. It is a healthy twist to the usual one made with rice.
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Course: festive cooking, festive sweet
Cuisine: karnataka
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup quinoa
  • 2 tablespoon moong dal
  • 2 cups water
  • 3/4 cup jaggery
  • 2 +1 teaspoon ghee
  • 4 almonds
  • 4 cashewnut
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder

Method
 

  1. Wash and soak the quinoa for fifteen minutes.
  2. Dry roast moong dal to a golden colour.
  3. Cook quinoa and moong dal with two cups of water in a pressure cooker for four whistles.
  4. Put the cooked quinoa in a pan. Add ghee to it.
  5. Melt the jaggery with half a cup of  water and strain it into the pan.
  6. Let it cook for sometime.  Garnish with roasted nuts. Finally, put some cardamom powder to it and serve.

Notes

Adjust sweetness as per your liking. The measurement gives a moderately sweet dish. Increase by one-fourth cup.
If the jaggery is pure , you can add without straining.
Other nuts as raisins may be used. 
Soaking is necessary to cook  quinoa properly.