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    Home » Recipes » 30 Minutes Recipes

    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: September 17, 2017 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Udalu Pongali Recipe – Millet Sweet Pongal – Kuthiraivali Sakkarai Pongal

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    Millet Sweet Pongal Recipe – Sweet Pongal is a traditional South Indian dish made on special occasions such as Navaratri, Makar Sankranthi and Varalakshmi Vratham. I have already made some delicious sweet pongal recipes and posted in this blog. Here are few of them: Coconut Milk Paramannam, Wheat Rava Sweet Pongal, Kobbari Pongali, Chakra Pongali, Bellam Paramannam and Bellam Pongali.

    If you are looking for more Millet Recipes then do check Methi Millet Pulao, Pudina Millet Rice, Foxtail Millet Coconut Kheer, Foxtail Millet Pongal and Millet Lemon Rice.

    How to Make Millet Sweet Pongal Recipe Video below:

    Millet Sweet Pongal Recipe

    Hari Chandana Ponnaluri
    Traditional South Indian sweet pongal made with barnyard millets, jaggery, milk, nuts and cardamom. An easy and healthy sweet dish.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Total Time 25 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine South Indian
    Servings 3
    Calories 563 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • ½ cup Barnyard Millet
    • ¾ cup Jaggery
    • 2 tbsp Moong Dal
    • 2 ¼ cups Water
    • ½ cup Milk (boiled & cooled)
    • ½ tsp Cardamom Powder
    • 3 tbsp Ghee
    • 10 Cashews
    • 10 Raisins
    • 1 tbsp Dry Coconut Slices (optional)
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    Instructions
     

    • Heat a teaspoon of ghee in a pan and add the moong dal.
    • Roast the moong the until golden color.
    • Add the rinsed millets and mix well. Pour water and combine.
    • Cover the pan with a lid and cook on a low flame till soft.
    • When it is cooked, add the jaggery and mix until it melts.
    • Add milk and cardamom powder and mix everything until well combined. Remove from the heat.
    • Heat remaining ghee in a pan and add the cashews and dry coconut slices. Fry until they are light brown color. Add the raisins and fry till they plump up.
    • Remove from the flame and pour over the prepared millet jaggery mixture.
    • Mix everything well and serve.

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    Nutrition

    Calories: 563kcalCarbohydrates: 87gProtein: 6gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 42mgSodium: 32mgPotassium: 208mgFiber: 2gSugar: 53gVitamin A: 65IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 88mgIron: 3.3mg

    Nutrition values are estimates only.

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    • Heat a teaspoon of ghee in a pan and add the moong dal.

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    • Roast the moong the until golden color.

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    • Add the rinsed millets and mix well. Pour water and combine.

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    • Cover the pan with a lid and cook on a low flame till soft.

    • When it is cooked, add the jaggery and mix until it melts.

    • Add milk and cardamom powder and mix everything until well combined. Remove from the heat.

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    • Heat remaining ghee in a pan and add the cashews and dry coconut slices. Fry until they are light brown color. Add the raisins and fry till they plump up.
    • Remove from the flame and pour over the prepared millet jaggery mixture.
    • Mix everything well and serve.

     

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    1. Reena says

      October 12, 2017 at 6:13 pm

      5 stars
      Great work mam….

      Reply
      • Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says

        October 16, 2017 at 3:53 am

        Thank you! 🙂

        Reply
    2. meera says

      January 15, 2018 at 5:42 am

      5 stars
      I feel good for you, good about you. There is a distinct wholesomeoness to all that you do. God bless you and your work, therefore.

      Reply
      • Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says

        January 15, 2018 at 7:12 pm

        Thanks a lot for your kind words! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Debika Kumari says

      September 08, 2019 at 2:00 pm

      5 stars
      Really nice mam. M impressed with your ideas. I have left a msg on Pinterest plz reply mam

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      • Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says

        September 08, 2019 at 7:23 pm

        Thank you so much. Sure, will do! 🙂

        Reply

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