Quinoa Pongal Recipe

Quinoa Pongal with Step by Step Pictures. Sweet Quinoa pongal made with cooked grains, karupatti, ghee and nuts.

Quinoa Pongal Recipe

If you are looking for a healthy version then you will love it. I used karupatti as sweetener. You can use palm sugar in this too.

About Quinoa Pongal Recipe

Quinoa is a healthy seed which you can use in your cooking in different forms. You can add it to salads, serve with your curries or make desserts with it. Sarkarai pongal or sweet pongal can be made with cooked quinoa. 

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Ingredients for Quinoa Sweet Pongal Recipe

• Quinoa 
• Jaggery or Karupatti 
• Cashews
• Raisins
• Cardamom Powder
• Dry Ginger Powder

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Quinoa Pongal Recipe | Quinoa Sweet Pongal Recipe

Quinoa Pongal a Healthy pongal for all those healthy freaks. This one is so good and you wont feel guilty eating it.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 221kcal

Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

• ▢ 3 tbsp Ghee
• ▢ 2 tbsp Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu
• ▢ ½ cup Quinoa
• ▢ 2 cups Water
• ▢ 1 cup Jaggery or Karupatti
• ▢ ½ cup Water
• ▢ 2 tbsp Cashews
• ▢ 2 tbsp Raisins
• ▢ ½ tsp Cardamom Powder
• ▢ ½ tsp Dry Ginger Powder

Instructions

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  Heat 1 tsp of ghee, add moong dal and roast for a min.
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  Add in quinoa and mix well.
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  Add in water and mix well.
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  Cover and cook.
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  Now jaggery syrup and cook till it thickens.
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  Add in ghee little by little and cook till it thickens.
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  Add in cardamom and dry ginger powder.
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  Fry cashews and raisins in ghee and add it in the pongal.
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  Serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 221mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 18IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 2mg

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Quinoa Pongal Recipe with Step by Step Pictures

1)Heat ghee in a pan. Add in moongdal.

2)Roast for a min.

3)Add in quinoa

4)Mix well

5)Add in water

6)Cover and cook

7)Take karupatti in a pan

8)Add water

9)Cook till it is melted.

10)Now the quinoa is cooked.

11)Add jaggery syrup

12)Mix well

13)Add in ghee little by little

14)Add in cardamom powder

15)Add in dry ginger powder

16)Mix well

17)Heat ghee in a pan

18)Add in cashews and raisins

19)Fry till golden

20)Add it in

21)Mix well

22)Serve