Barley Pongal | Healthy Indian Breakfast

Looking for some healthy breakfast recipe then try this barley pongal which is healthy,filling,tasty and easy to make.I got this recipe idea from here.While making i was little worried how my kids would like it or not, my daughter who is a best critic liked it very much.Barley has many health benefit  some are its very rich in fibre,great source of zinc,etc.One thing i would like to share is ,eat it hot ( not only this any pongal variety)to get the real taste of it.




Preparation time: 10 mins

cooking time: 15mins

Recipe type: Breakfast

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Serve:2-3

Author: Babitha

Ingredients:

• Barley- 1 cup
• Split moongal dal/pasi paruppu-1\3 cup
• Salt to taste

To temper:

• ghee+oil- 1tbsp
• Ginger-small piece(finely chopped)
• Green cheen chilly-1
• jeera-1\2 tsp
• pepper-1\2 coarsely powdered
• Cashew& badam- few

Method:

1.Wash barley and dal well.In a pressure cooker add them with 3-4 cups of water & salt.
  Pressure cook it for 4-5 whistle.After the steam is released open the cooker and mash it.

After cooked

2.Heat a pan with ghee+oil and temper with the ingredients under " to temper" and add it to the cooked mixture and mix well.

Serve it with Sambar & chutney.


A close shot of how it looks

Note:

1.The original recipe uses 3\4 cup of dal but i want more barley and reduced it.It also had some turmeric powder added i did not use it.

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