Quinoa pongal
Quinoa pongal

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, quinoa pongal. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Quinoa Pongal is creamy and hot. Therefore, the best companion would be of other spicy side dishes. Traditionally Sambar and coconut chutney are the best pairs.

Quinoa pongal is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Quinoa pongal is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have quinoa pongal using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa pongal:
  1. Prepare 1/2 cup quinoa
  2. Prepare 1/4 cup moong dal
  3. Prepare 3 tbsp ghee
  4. Prepare 1 tsp cumin seeds
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp peppercorns
  6. Get 6 cashews
  7. Make ready 1 green chilli
  8. Take 1 inch ginger
  9. Make ready 1 strand curry leaves
  10. Take 1 tsp salt
  11. Make ready 2 cups water

Pongal can be made either sweet or savoury. Here I am replacing the rice with quinoa which is protein-rich. It contains almost twice as much fibre as other grains. Fibre helps to relieve constipation, reduces high blood pressure diabetes.

Steps to make Quinoa pongal:
  1. Rinse quinoa and moong dal.
  2. Set the Instant pot in saute mode and add 1tbsp ghee. Roast the quinoa and moong dal for few minutes.
  3. Next add water and salt. Mix it well.
  4. Cancel the saute mode and close the instant pot. Cook the Pongal at pressure cook mode for 5 minutes, and after the cooking is done, allow the pressure to release naturally.
  5. Now mix it. Ven Pongal has to soft and mushy.
  6. In a kadhai, add ghee. Then add cumin seeds, peppercorns, finely chopped green Chilli, chopped ginger, cashews. Finally, add curry leaves.
  7. Transfer this tempering to the Pongal along with some ghee.
  8. Serve the hot Pongal with sambar or chutney.

Quinoa also contains Iron which helps to keep. This recipe is vegan and gluten free. Quinoa is a gluten free grain, and a good source of protein, fiber and iron. Moong dal or yellow lentil is high in protein & iron, and low in carb. Quinoa ven pongal recipe with step by step pictures.

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