Ingredients
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Main Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw rice (sona masuri)
- 1/2 cup to 1 cup split moong dal (see notes)
- 4 cups water
Tempering Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon Ghee
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 2 Tablespoon broken cashewnut
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 green chillies, chopped
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Soak rice in water. Take split moong dal and dry roast it on a very low flame until you can smell the roasted dal. It would take approximately 3 minutes. Don’t roast for long. Cook the dal and rice together in a pressure cooker with 4 cups of water for a good 15 minutes or 10-12 whistles.
- Coarsely grind pepper and cumin with the help of a mortar and pestle. Set aside.
- Heat some ghee and oil in a pan. I used 2 tablespoons of ghee and a tablespoon of oil. Add in the broken cashew nut, ginger, curry leaves and green chillies. Roast on a low flame. Once the nuts are roasted add in the pepper-cumin mixture. Roast briefly for 20 seconds.
- Add in the cooked rice-dal mixture and salt. Mix everything to combine. Saute briefly for a minute or two.
- Remove off heat.
Notes
The rice dal ratio – Generally the ratio is 1 rice : 1/2 dal. You can go upto 1:1 to have a very rich pongal. If unsure go with the 1: 1/2 ratio.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: South Indian
Keywords: ven pongal