Pongal festival has arrived. As usual, you will definitely make sugar pongal and ven pongal at everyone’s house. If you add more ghee or oil to season both, the taste will be better. But dieters find it very difficult to eat less calories when any festive season like this comes. Even if you don’t follow the usual diet, if you make a substitute meal for it, it will be like eating a festive meal. Diet is also largely unaffected. For those who are on such a diet, make oats Pongal this Pongal festival and eat happily.
required things:
Oats – 1 cup
Lentils – 1/2 cup
Ginger – a small piece
Agave powder – two pinches
Salt—required amount
Seasoning:
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Pepper – 1/2 tsp
Cumin – 1/2 tsp
Green Chillies – 1
Curry leaves – 1 bunch
Cashew nuts – a little (optional)
Recipe:
- Lightly roast oats and lentils separately in a pan.
- Peel the ginger and finely chop it. Cut the green chillies in half.
- Grind both pepper and cumin together.
- In a cooker, add roasted oats, lentils, finely chopped ginger, asparagus powder, salt and 3 cups of water, cover and cook till 3 or 4 whistles. Once cool, open the cooker and mash well.
- Heat very little ghee in a pan. Once the ghee is hot, add cashews, green chillies, curry leaves and pepper, cumin powder and pour it over the Pongal and stir well.
Note: You can use coconut oil or even olive oil instead of ghee for this Pongal seasoning. Green peas can also be added if desired.
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