Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Ven Pongal


Ingredients:
  • Rice - 1 Cup
  • Moong Dhal - 1/4 Cup
  • Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
  • Milagu/Pepper Corns - 1 tsp
  • Cashews - broken cashews 1 tbsp
  • Ginger - 1 tsp chopped
  • Butter - 1 tbsp
  • Oil - 1tsp
  • Hing - pinch
  • Turmeric powder - pinch
  • Salt - as required
  • Curry leaves.




Method:
  1. Wash the rice and moong dhal together.
  2. Then take a pressure cooker and add oil. once oil is heated then add cumin seeds. 
  3. Once it splutters add milagu ( pepper corns ), ginger, cashews, hing, turmeric powder, curry leaves and saute them well.
  4. Then add butter and saute them till it melts. Then add water in proportion ( 1 Rice : 1/4 moong dhal : 41/2 Cups of water ).
  5. Then close the pressure cooker and leave 4 whistles.
  6. Then once done open the pressure cooker and if needed add some more water to bring it to the pongal consistancy.
  7. Then add some 2 tbsp of ghee and mix it well.
  8. Thus tasty, yummy pongal is ready.
  9. You can serve the pongal with pongal sambar and coconut chutney which will be a great breakfast.
                                                                                                                                                                    

2 comments:

revathi said...

Hi , I liked all the delicious receipe posted by you

Kalyani said...

nice recipe ...