Instant pongal mix recipe | How to make pongal ready mix | Breakfast ready to cook mix
By Latha on June 25th, 2019
Instant pongal mix recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Instant pongal mix is a ready to cook breakfast recipe. This instant pongal mix comes handy for bachelors and busy mothers. Pongal ready mix or huggi anna mix is prepared using rice, green gram dal, coconut, green chili and few other spices.
You can find 2 more pongal recipes on this website. One is regular Karnataka style kara pongal recipe and the other one is navane pongal recipe.
Instant pongal mix is very helpful for bachelors and busy mothers. It's a nice idea to manage morning hurry. Also you can prepare and carry this instant pongal mix while travelling. I usually carry my electric cooker while travelling and instant mixes or ready to cook mixes along with. I will use as and when it is needed.
You can also find many instant recipes on this website like instant chutney mix, instant uppittu mix, insant idli and instant rava dose recipes.
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I have made a quick video on this pongal mix recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 2 cup
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 cup rice (I have used Sona masuri)
- 3/4 cup green gram dal or moong dal or hesaru bele
- 2 tbsp oil or ghee
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp jeera or cumin seeds
- 1 tsp crushed pepper
- 2 tbsp cashews
- 3 - 5 green chilies
- 1 inch length ginger finely chopped
- 10 - 15 curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 big pinches of asafoetida
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions for making pongal mix:
- To begin with rinse the rice, drain water completely and spread it on a plate for drying. Drying for 1 hour would be sufficient. But please note, rinsing is totally optional.
- Similarly rinse the dal, drain water completely and spread it on a plate for drying. Drying for 1 hour would be sufficient. But please note, rinsing is totally optional.
- Next dry roast green gram dal or moong dal until you get nice aroma. You can also observe a slight colour change. Take it out and keep it aside.
- Also dry roast the rice for few minutes, or until the rice turns slightly whitish. Take it out and keep it aside.
- Next in the pan heat the oil or ghee. Add in mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
- Wait until musrad seeds splutter. Add in cashews and crushed pepper. Give a quick mix.
- Followed by add in chopped green chilies, finely chopped ginger and curry leaves. Fry until crisp.
- At the end add in turmeric powder and asafoetida.
- Also add in grated coconut. Give a quick mix..
- Add in previously roasted rice and dal. Roast everything together for 2 minutes under low flame and switch off the stove.
- At the end add in salt and give a good mix. Wait until cool and store it in an airtight container.
- To prepare pongal take one measure of pongal mix and 4 measures of water in a pressure cooker. You can cook it using open pot method too.
- Cook by making 2 whistles. Top it with ghee, give a quick mix and serve it.
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