Ven Pongal / Ghee Pongal
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 5
 
Ingredients
  • Raw rice – ¾ cup
  • Moong dal / Pasi paruppu – ¾ cup
  • Water – 4 ½ cups
  • Ghee – 1 tbsp To temper
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp
  • Jeera – 1 tbsp
  • Pepper Balls / Milagu – 1 tbsp
  • Cashews – 10, broken
  • Ginger – 1 tbsp, chopped finely
  • Curry leaves – 1 sprig
  • Asafoetida – 2 pinches
  • Salt – 2 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Wash rice and dal together in a pressure cooker. And keep aside.
  2. Add 4 ½ cups of water to the rice and dal mixture and keep aside by soaking them for 15 minutes. Pressure cook for 4 whistles in medium heat. Wait until pressure gets released by itself, open & mash.
  3. Season with the items given under to temper table. First add ghee in a pan in a medium to low heat, when hot add jeera and when it is golden brown, add the pepper balls and let it start splutter. Then add cashews and ginger and fry till it starts to get golden, add curry leaves and asafetida lastly. Mix well and add to the pongal with salt and mix well.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/ven-pongal-ghee-khara-pongal/