After my successful experiment with grits preparing Adai, I have started using it in various other recipes. Since I'm also watching our consumption of rice, grits and cracked wheat have become the key ingredients in my cooking. So recently I tried Pongal using grits, substituting it for rice. We absolutely loved the taste.
Recipe
Hominy Grits Pongal Recipe
A simple healthy recipe to make indian pongal using grits instead of rice.
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Ingredients
- 1.5 Cups Quick Cooking Grits
- ½ Cup Moong Daal
- 2 Tablespoons Ghee
- 1 Tablespoon Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Cumin
- 2 Teaspoons Pepper Powder
- 1 Tablespoon Grated Ginger
- A Pinch Hing
- As Per Taste Salt
Instructions
- Wash the grits and daal and keep it aside.
- In a pressure cooker add 1 tablespoon of ghee and oil.
- Once it gets hot add the cumin seeds, ginger, pepper powder and hing.
- Then add the grits and daal and fry it for 2 minutes.
- Now pour 7 cups of water and close the pressure cooker with its lid.
- Once the steam starts coming, put the weight and leave it for 4 whistles, switch off the stove and remove the pressure cooker from the stove.
- Let it cool for 15-20 minutes, then you will be able to remove the weight from the pressure cooker. Now add the required amount of salt and the remaining 1 tablespoon of ghee and combine it well. Grits pongal is ready. Enjoy it with your favorite chutney or sambar.
My Notes
- Usually in pongal, whole peppercorns are added. Since I have a toddler at home, I used pepper powder instead.
- I get fresh ginger in bulk here. To store it, I peel the ginger and cut into small pieces and store it in a Ziploc bag in the freezer. Whenever I want ginger I take one piece and grate it using a lemon zester. The gratings are so fine and paste like.
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Bhawana says
This is very different to me. Looks delicious.
Trupti says
pongal looks delicious madhu..love the new format of post entry.
ranji says
thank u for the tip madhu :)..and as a matter of fact i have a recipe in my blog for ripe plantains which we konkani's make :)..here is the link.
http://rbcuisines.blogspot.com/2008/03/kellya-ambatsweet-banana-curry.html
ranji says
Awesome..u come up with awesome dishes with grits :)..love them all....i am trying ur ada using grits today..
I have something for u in my blog..collect it soon...:)
Asha says
Great ideas with grits Madhu, savory Pongal looks delicious!:)