Ven Pongal: Tried This South Indian Breakfast?
By Nikita Toppo
This Tamil Nadu dish is made from moong dal, rice and spices that is best served with sambar and coconut chutney for breakfast.
Ingredients
For Pressure Cooking: 1 tsp ghee, ½ cup rice, ½ cup moong dal, 4 cup water, ½ tsp salt For Tempering: 2 tbsp ghee, 1 tsp cumin, ½ tsp pepper, 1 inch ginger, 2 chilli, 10 cashew, pinch hing
Step 1
Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add rice, dal and sauté until it turns aromatic. Then add water, salt and mix well.
Step 2
Pressure cook for 5 whistles on medium flame. Once the pressure settles down give a good mix. Then, in a pan heat ghee.
Step 3
Add cumin, pepper, ginger, chilli, cashews and hing. Sauté on low flame until cashew turns golden brown. Pour it over cooked rice-dal mixture.
Step 4
Give a good mix, add more ghee if required and serve with coconut chutney and sambar.
