ven pongal recipe
Pongal is a delicious south indian breakfast recipe. It is basically a porridge-like rich dish topped with cumin, asafoetida and black pepper with the exotic flavor of ghee.
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
- ½ cup moong dal/yellow gram split
- ½ cup raw rice
- salt to taste
- 2.5 cups water
- 1 tbsp ghee/clarified butter
- ½ tsp cumin
- 7-8 black pepper corn
- 10 cashews
- 1 inch ginger chopped
- a pinch of asafoetida
- 5-6 curry leaves
Instructions
- add moong dal and raw rice in a pressure cooker.saute for a minute or until it turns aromatic.
- add water and salt. mix well.
- cover and pressure cook for 3 whistles on medium flame.
- once the pressure settles down, open the cooker and give a good mix.
- in a pan heat ghee.
- also add cumin, asafoetida,curry leaves, black pepper, ginger and cashews.
- saute on low flame until cashew turns golden brown.
- pour the tempering over cooked rice and dal mixture.
- give a good mix, add more ghee if required.
- serve ven pongal/khara pongal with coconut chutney and sambar or tomato rasam.
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