Ven Pongal

 

Ingredients -

• Rice - 1 cup
• Paasi parupu (Moong dhal) - 1/4 cup
• Pepper - 1/2 tablespoon
• Ginger - 2 inch (chopped)
• Ghee - 1 tablespoon
• Oil - 1 tablespoon
• Jeera - 1 teaspoon
• Curry leaves - 10
• Salt as needed
• Water - 6 cups
• Cashew - 10
• Asafotida (perungaya podi) - a pinch

Method -

1. Soak the Rice and Dhal for 1 hour
2. In a Pressure cooker - add the Rice, Dhal, chopped Ginger, salt, water and cook till 4 whistles
3. In a kadai - add Ghee + Oil; when hot - fry Cashew, Jeera, pepper and curry leaves. Add Asafotida at last and fry for 30 seconds
4. Add the fried items along with the Ghee / oil into the cooked rice and mix well
5. If salt is less, salt can be added in this phase also

Yummy Pongal is ready!!!
Can be tasted with Sambar / Chutney!!!