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Home » PONGAL RECIPES » Vellai pongal recipe, Creamy rich paal pongal

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
  • 3/4 cup Milk
  • 3 cups Water
  • Salt - A pinch

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.

 

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)

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  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…..

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  3. Nagalakshmi V

    January 10, 2013 at 1:03 pm

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

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  4. Kadhyaa

    January 10, 2013 at 2:15 pm

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

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  5. divya

    January 10, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    new for me looks yummy n drooling clicks!!

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  6. Sangeetha Nambi

    January 11, 2013 at 5:20 am

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

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  7. APARNARAJESHKUMAR

    January 11, 2013 at 6:06 am

    i like the click !

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  8. Sushma Madhuchandra

    January 11, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    never heard of this! nice capture.

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  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

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  10. Janani

    January 14, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    happy pongal rakssssssssssssssssss

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  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 ?

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  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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