Pongal Recipe
Pongal is a traditional South-Indian Dish made with Rice and Moong Dal and then mixed with some roasted cashews, finely chopped ginger, green chillies and freshly ground black peppercorns. Pongal is of two types. The Sweet Pongal and Salt Pongal. Both are very easy to make with the help of a Pressure Cooker. The recipe for Sweet Pongal can be found at http://www.ifood.tv/recipe/sweet_pongal
Here I am sharing the recipe for Salt Pongal. Comments/Suggestions/Feedback on this Pongal Recipe are welcome!
Ingredients
| Sona Masoori Rice - 1 cup | ||
| Moong Dal | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Ginger | 2 Inch, finely chopped | |
| Green chilly | 1 , finely chopped | |
| Black peppercorns | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Cumin seeds/Jeera - 1/2 tsp | ||
| Cashewnuts - a few chopped | ||
| Ghee/Clarified butter - 1 tbs | ||
| Water | 4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Salt | 1 To taste | |
Directions
Wash Rice and Moong Dal together, add 4 cups of water, salt to taste and pressure cook up to 4-5 whistles/until the rice and dal become completely soft/looks more than just cooked.
Heat ghee in a small pan. Add finely chopped ginger, green chillies, chopped cashews and coarsely ground peppercorns. Saute until cashews turns slightly brown. Add this to the cooked rice.
Mix well and Serve immediately/Hot with groundnut chutney.
Heat ghee in a small pan. Add finely chopped ginger, green chillies, chopped cashews and coarsely ground peppercorns. Saute until cashews turns slightly brown. Add this to the cooked rice.
Mix well and Serve immediately/Hot with groundnut chutney.
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