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    Home » Recipes » Pongal Recipes

    Vellai pongal recipe, Creamy rich paal pongal

    January 10, 2013 by Raks Anand 16 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    vellai-pongal

    Vellai pongal recipe, is basic pongal made with rice cooked in milk. Creamy pongal is had as main dish on pongal day with sambar.

    We make along with sakkarai pongal on the day of Pongal. It's just plain cooked rice, only that this is having milk in it. My Mom and MIL does this in vengala paanai. Pongal is always cooked in vengala panai, but I make in cooker (pot shaped). Though there is nothing special in this recipe, still the fresh harvested rice from the farms cooked along with milk is supposed to taste heavenly.

    We don't cook the plain rice on the day of pongal as we usually do. Instead, use this pongal to eat with kootu, sambar…  My MIL bought a cute tiny vengala panai fo rme for making this, but I never bought it here still as every time the weight of luggage is always a problem 🤐. When I celebrated pongal in 2018 along with whole in-law's family, I realized how yummy it is to mix with pongal sambar.

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    Vellai pongal recipe

    Vellai pongal recipe, is basic pongal made with rice cooked in milk. Creamy pongal is supposed to be mixed with the sambar we make on pongal and had it as main dish on pongal day.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Servings 3
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Raw rice
    • ¾ cup Milk
    • 3 cups Water
    • Salt - A pinch
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    Instructions

    • Boil milk+ water in a heavy bottomed vessel. Wash rice well, drain and add it to the boiling milk
    • Cook in medium flame until the water+ milk gets absorbed and rice gets cooked soft. Mash it well, add salt and keep stirring at this stage to avoid pongal getting stuck to the bottom of the vessel.

    Notes

    • Adjust milk and water measurement according to the rice variety. New rice need lesser and old rice need more.
    • Add salt according to the taste but we just add a pinch only. Add it towards the end.
    • Add more hot water at the end if the rice is not cooked.
    • You can also do in pressure cooker. Reduce water quantity accordingly and pressure cook for 5 whistles.
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    Vellai pongal method:

      1. Boil milk+ water in a heavy bottomed vessel. Wash rice well, drain and add it to the boiling milk.2-paal
      2. Cook in medium flame until the water+ milk gets absorbed and rice gets cooked soft. Mash it well, add salt. Keep stirring at this stage to avoid pongal getting stuck to the bottom of the vessel.1-paal

    This is how we offer to God. In the banana leaf with flattened at the top, pour ghee in the dent and garnish with sliced banana. (of course with all the other spread)

    paal-pongal-recipe

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    Comments

    1. ShravsCookBookBlog

      January 10, 2013 at 12:48 pm

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    2. ShravsCookBookBlog

      January 10, 2013 at 12:48 pm

      very useful recipe for feeding toddlers as well....nice presentation.....

      Reply
    3. Nagalakshmi V

      January 10, 2013 at 1:03 pm

      never heard of this raji. i can imagine how lovely the flavour will be 🙂

      Reply
    4. Kadhyaa

      January 10, 2013 at 2:15 pm

      never heard of this one before ...sounds very simple and healthy. thnx for sharing

      Reply
    5. divya

      January 10, 2013 at 3:55 pm

      new for me looks yummy n drooling clicks!!

      Reply
    6. Sangeetha Nambi

      January 11, 2013 at 5:20 am

      Yummy traditional one...
      http://recipe-excavator.blogpspot.com

      Reply
    7. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

      January 11, 2013 at 6:06 am

      i like the click !

      Reply
    8. Sushma Madhuchandra

      January 11, 2013 at 1:37 pm

      never heard of this! nice capture.

      Reply
    9. Veena Theagarajan

      January 13, 2013 at 4:35 am

      It is same way my mum makes it.. So nice clicks
      http://great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com

      Reply
    10. Janani

      January 14, 2013 at 2:42 pm

      happy pongal rakssssssssssssssssss

      Reply
    11. Sharmilee! :)

      January 18, 2013 at 2:17 pm

      Looks great....ghee and banana garnish sounds interesting and new

      Reply
    12. Shalini Mahesh

      January 10, 2014 at 11:28 am

      can we add sugar to this ?

      Reply
    13. Raks anand

      January 10, 2014 at 11:50 am

      If you want. you can

      Reply
    14. Mominah Huma

      January 14, 2014 at 4:46 am

      This is kind of rice pudding but my mom put suger in it..anyways tempting pic !!

      Reply
    15. Experiments of a vegetarian

      December 13, 2016 at 2:05 pm

      curious what the side dish is ?

      Reply
    16. Raks anand

      December 13, 2016 at 2:10 pm

      Its 7 kari kootu

      Reply

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