Quinoa Pongal

These days I’ve been trying to cook different dishes with Quinoa, a healthy grain. Recently I tried making pongal by substituting rice with quinoa and it turned out so yummy. 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Quinoa
• 1 cup Moong Dal (పెసరపప్పు)
• 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder (can be replaced with peppercorns)
• 4 or 5 Green Chilies, chopped
• 1 Tomato, chopped
• 5 cups Water (4 + 1 extra)
• Salt as needed

For Seasoning/Tempering:

• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
• ½ tsp Cumin Seeds
• Few Curry Leaves
• Few Cashews
• 1 Red Chili

Preparation:

Wash quinoa + moong dal well and mix together. Place them in a bowl, add green chilies + black pepper powder + tomato + salt and pour water. Mix well with a spatula. 

Cover and place this bowl in a pressure cooker and cook for 3 whistles. Turn off the flame allow all the pressure go away. 

Later, heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds. When they pop, add cumin seeds + red chili + curry leaves + cashews and sauté well until cashews turn into golden brown in color. 

Pour this seasoning on top of the cooked pongal and mix well. Enjoy the steaming hot pongal with desired chutney. Yummy and healthy!!

I am linking this post to Kavi's Healthy Cooking Challenge - Healthy Lunch, an event initially started by Smitha. 

On a different note:

Kalyani of Kalyani’s Platter passed me some cute awards last week, but I forgot to mention it in my previous post. Thank you for sharing the awards Kalyani! So nice of you :)