Thursday, January 1, 2015

Ven Pongal (Rice Pongal) Recipe

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Moong Dal - 1/4 cup
Salt to taste

For Tempering:

Jeera - 1tsp
Ghee -2tsp
Pepper (crushed) - few
Cashewnuts - 5
Mustard seeds - few
Chopped ginger - few
Curry Leaves - few

Method to prepare Rice Pongal (ven pongal):

1. Put rice and moong dal in a bowl and wash well with water. Then add 4 cups of water and keep in pressure cooker for about 5 whistles.
2. Once it is done, open and mix the cooked rice/dal well.
3. Heat ghee in a pan and add mustard seeds to crackle. Then add Jeera, ginger, curry leaves and pepper. Fry well.
4. Similarly fry cashewnuts. Now add all the fried items to the cooked pongal. Mix thoroughly. Add salt to taste.
5. Add a teaspoon of ghee on top of it. Hot Ven Pongal is ready. Serve hot with Coconut Chutney











Cookingly Yours,
Ram

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