Ven Pongal | White Pongal | Khara Pongal
Ven Pongal or Ghee Pongal is a famous and traditional South Indian Dish. Breakfast menu in all the hotels contains this amazing dish
Servings: 4
Calories:
Standard 1 cup measures 240 ml
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice
- ½ cup Moong Dal
- 4 tbsp Ghee
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
- 2 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 4 tsp Moong Dal
- 2 Chilli
- ¼ cup Milk
- 1 inch piece Ginger
- 10 Cashew
- Salt as needed
- 2¾ cup Water
Instructions
- Clean and Rinse rice and moong dhal in a vessel.
- Add 2 ¾ cups of water and ¼ cup of milk to the rinsed rice and moong dal. Add salt to it.
- Keep it in a pressure cooker in medium flame. Wait for 4 whistles and then keep it in low flame for 5 minutes.
- Wait for the pressure to release. In the mean time the masala can be prepared. Take the pepper and cumin seeds and crush them coarsely. Chop the ginger to fine pieces and cut the chilli into two pieces
- Heat kadai in low flame and add ghee to it. Add the cashews, ginger, curry leaves, chilli and the coarsely crushed pepper and cumin seeds to it and roast them slightly.
- Once the pressure releases take the rice and moong dhal from the pressure cooker. It should be of the below consistency.
- Mix the roasted cashews and masala with the rice and moong dal. Hot, tasty Ven Pongal is ready
Notes
Serve hot with coconut chutney.
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