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Healthy South Indian dinner recipe: Millet Pongal

Here's a recipe that you can have for dinner- it's light, healthy and prescribed by our dietician!

By: Aishwarya Iyer   | | Published: July 2, 2018 2:01 pm
Tags: Black pepper  Cumin seeds  Ghee  Ginger  Monsoon diet  

With the season calling for some unpredictable heat, eating fried items is a big no-no. For those who stay in Mumbai, the climate this weekend has left us in a puzzled state of mind. It a weather where eating heat filled foods like papaya can give you boils whereas chilling foods like cucumber can make you sick. Hence, here’s a recipe that you can have for dinner- its light, healthy and prescribed by our dietician!

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Pavithra N Raj, Dietician Executive, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwnthpur pens down this yummilicious recipe for us!

MILLET PONGAL

Serves: 2

Ingredients:
 Millet Rice (Fox tail millet) – 150 gm
 Moong Dal – 100gm
 Ghee – 20 ml
 Black Pepper Corn – 5 no
 Jeera – 3 gm
 Curry leaves – 1 gm
 Salt – To taste
 Ginger – 15 gm
 Water – 250 ml
 Coriander – 5 gm
 Turmeric Powder – A pinch

Read: You should totally try this monsoon recipe for lunch, as recommended by our dietician!

Method of Preparation:

  • Wash and soak millet and moong dal for 10 min.
  • Heat in a pressure cooker by adding moong dal and millet.
  • Boil with a pinch of turmeric and salt and keep it aside.
  • Heat pan.
  • Add ghee, cumin seeds, peppercorn, curry leaves and ginger and fry till it turns to golden brown color.
  • Later add cooked millet and dal mixture to it
  • Mix well.

Read: Gorge on methi paneer paratha in these Mumbai rains!

Nutritional benefits

Energy (for 1 portion) = 350 kcals
Protein (for 1 portion) = 40g

Antioxidants found in millets neutralize free radicals and also clean up other toxins from the body. Makes the stomach stay healthy in monsoon.

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Published : July 2, 2018 2:01 pm
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