Pongal recipe

How to Make Pongal

Pongal is one of the south Indian traditional food. You can prepare pongal using with Oats,Millet and Rava by replacing rice. serve pongal with sambar,chutney and vada.

Preparation time: 5 mins

Cooking time:20 mins

Total times:25 mins

Serving: 4
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine:south Indian recipe

Ingredients:

(1 Cup=150 ML)

1 ½ Cup Raw Rice

½ Cup Moong Dal

1 tsp Mustard seed
1 tsp Cumin seed

1 Pinch Turmeric

1 Pinch Hing or Asafoetida(Perungayam)

3 tsp Ghee

6 cup water

Salt to taste

For Tempering:
1 tsp Ghee

10 Cashew nuts (Optional)

Instructions:

In a Pressure Cooker heat 3 tsp of Ghee
Add 1 tsp cumin seed and 1 tsp Mustard seed and Saute them on low flame until Mustard seeds start crackle
Add 1 ½ Cup Raw Rice and ½ Cup Moong Dal and saute for a minute
Further Add 6 cup of water and required salt mix well
then add 1 pinch turmeric ,1 pinch hing and mix well
Cover the pressure cooker for 6 whistle on medium flame
once the pressure cooker settle down open the cooker and do the mix
Further more heat a pan and add 1 tsp ghee
Add cashew nuts and saute them until cashew turns golden brown
Pour the tempering Cooked rice and Dal
Mix well the cooked rice and Dal, if required added more ghee
Finally serve pongal, with sambar and Cocunut chutney

Step by step Pictorial Instructions:
Ingredients:

In a Pressure Cooker heat 3 tsp of Ghee
Add 1 tsp cumin seed and 1 tsp Mustard seed and Saute them on low flame until cumin seed turns brown

Add 1 ½ Cup Raw Rice and ½ Cup Moong Dal and saute for a minute
And add 6 cup of water and required salt mix well
then add 1 pinch turmeric and 1 pinch hing and mix well
Cover the pressure cooker for 6 whistle on medium flame