VEN PONGAL

VEN PONGAL

INGREDIENTS:
Raw rice- ¾ cup
Moong dal- ¼ cup
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Pepper- 1 tsp
Ginger- 1 tsp finely chopped
Curry leaves- few
Asafetida- ¼ tsp
Ghee- 5 tbsp
Cashew- 20 gms
Salt to taste

Method:
In a vessel, take the rice, dal, cumin seeds, asafetida powder and salt. Add 4 cups of water to it.

Pressure cook it up to 5 whistles .

Heat the ghee in a kadai and fry the cashew till golden brown & keep aside.
In the remaining ghee fry the pepper, ginger, curry leaves .

Add all the fried items to the pongal and mix well.

Serve hot with coconut chutney, sambhar, etc.,