Pongal

#myrecipe
By Shaalini Shaalu

Jan, 10th

567

Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
10 - 12

Ingredients

  • Rice
  • Moong dal
  • Cashew
  • Green chillies
  • Cumin
  • Salt
  • Ghee
  • Hing
  • Pepper
  • Curry leaves
  • Water
  • Ginger

Instructions

  • Heat a pan, add rice, moong dal, and dry roast for about 3 minutes. Add ghee to the above pan, roast this on a slow flame for another 1 minute, keep it aside. Take a pressure cooker add water (1 cup of moong dal and rice mixture: 6 cups of water), salt, cumin seeds, fried moong dal and rice mixture, green chilies, cook it till 3-4 whistles with closed lid (i.e, till rice, is nicely mashed). For Tempering: Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds, cashew nuts, chopped ginger, asafoetida, curry leaves, crushed peppercorns and saute it. In it, add mashed rice mixture, mix this well and serve hot.