Quinoa & Moongdal Sweet Pongal/Quinoa Sakkarai Pongal

One of my favourite Indian festival is obviously deepavali, but i have so many fond memories about Pongal which is also known as Festival of harvest, dedicated to Sun God. Every year, Pongal falls on mid january and this festival is celebrated according to Tamil calender. This festival is celebrated for 4 days, obviously most of the Tamilians make a trip to their native village to enjoy this traditional festival with their family. Though its been many years i have celebrated this Festival of harvest in India, i plan myself to celebrate this festival here in Paris without any fail. Coming to this Quinoa Sweet pongal, this dish is definitely a delicious and ultimate Sweet dish to prepare without any fail for this festival.

I cooked this sweet pongal by combining both quinoa and yellow moongdal which is later cooked completely with sugar and coconut milk. And the aroma of the coconut milk makes this sweet dish more flavourful, delicious and creamy as well. If you dont want to make this sweet dish with coconut milk, you can replace coconut milk with cow’s milk. This works awesome as well. Am running this week’s blogging marathon with ‘Cook for any festival’ as theme, after baking two different dishes for this theme, am here today with a fusion sweet dish. Quinoa is very much used in Indian diet as well, hence i prepared this traditional Indian festival sweet with this incredible wholegrains. Make this quinoa and moongdal sweet pongal with coconut milk for this occasion and enjoy.