Kodo Millet Sweet Pongal / Arikalu Bellam Pongali – Millet Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked Kodo Millet Rice
• 1 cup grated Jaggery
• 1 pinch Ealichi Powder
• few chopped Cashew Nuts
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 2 sp Ghee

Instructions

1. Wash and soak kodo millet for 10 mins and then cook in a pressure cooker or in a rice cooker with two cups of water. Make a syrup of jaggery with 1/2 cup of water.

2. Once done pour the jaggery syrup, milk to cooked kodo millet rice bowl and mix well, let it cook for a couple of mins till done.

3. Heat ghee in a small frying pan add cashew nuts and fry. Then add elaichi powder, fried cashew nuts to cooked sweet pongal and mix well. Turn off the heat and transfer into a serving bowl and garnish with fried cashew nuts. Now kodo millet sweet pongal is ready to offered as naivedyam during Navaratri days and also other auspicious days.