Ven Pongal
Ven Pongal is also known as Khara Pongal is a healthy breakfast recipe made with rice and moong dal tempered with cumin, pepper, curry leaves, and ghee.
Servings 8 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw rice
- 1 cup Moong Dal
- 6 cups Water
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp Ginger grated
For tempering
- 6 tbsp Ghee
- 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Asafoetida
- Curry leaves few
- 3-4 Green Chillies chopped or slit into halves
- 20-24 Cashew nuts
- 22-24 Black Peppercorns coarsely ground
Instructions
- Dry roast the dal in a pressure cooker until it is slightly brown and fragrant.
- Now add rice to it and wash them togeather.
- Add water, ginger and salt and pressure cook until done. You can cook for one whistle on high heat and then for 2 whistles on low heat.
- Once done remove the pressure cooker from heat and let the pressure release on it's own.
- Slightly mash the pongal, so that it is slightly mushy and creamy.
- Add more water if needed.
- Now heat ghee in a pan.
- Once the ghee is hot, add cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, green chilli and peppercorns. Let them crackle for a few seconds.
- Now it's time to add cashew nuts and fry until they are slightly browned.
- Pour the tempering over the pongal.
- Mix and let it simmer for a minute.
- Serve hot with sambhar and coconut chutney.