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Oats in Chakkarai pongal – a new beginning of healthy eating this pongal festival.

Celebrated as the harvest festival, pongal has
come to symbolise the celebration of the bounty of the new crop. Similar
festivals like lohri, sankranti and Bihu dot the country around this date.

While we generally make Sakkarai pongal and Ven pongal (Khara Pongal) with rice and moong Dal , this year was a successful experiment with
oats for sweet version and thinai (foxtail millet) for the savoury version. We
loved both of them .  Sharing the oats sweet pongal now. Thanks to Sangee
for this inspiration .

Prep time – 10 mins , cook time – 30 mins ,
serves : 4 generously

Ingredients :

• Oats – 1 large cup (250 ml)
• Moong Dal (split green gram) – 1/2 cup
• Paaka vellam / red jaggery -3/4 cup
• Ghee – 2 tsp
• Cardamom powder – 1 pinch
• Saffron strands – few
• Cashew and raisins – as required

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Method:

1. In a pan, dry toast moong dal and oats
   separately. Bring 3 cups of water to a rolling boil, add roasted dal and let it
   cook for 15 mins till soft but not mushy. Retain the Dal with the water
2. Meanwhile dissolve powdered Jaggery in 8-10 tbsp
   of water and heat on medium flame to make a single string syrup. Cool
   thoroughly.
3. In a third pan, bring 2 large cups of water to a
   boil, add roasted oats and cook for 4-6 mins till done. If you are using milk,
   add 4-5 tsp of milk and mix into the oats once cooked. Add saffron strands,
   cardamom poWder, cooked moong dal and boil the entire pongal for 5-6 mins. Let
   it cool completely. Now add the cooked oats-Dal mixture to the syrup and mix
   gently.
4. Add ghee roasted cashew and Raisins and serve
   immediately. If reheating the next day or later, add a tsp each of ghee and
   milk and then micro for 1 min and serve warm. Don’t reheat directly as the
   sugar and Dal would burn.

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