Sunday, April 10, 2011

VenPongal

 Ingredients:
Raw rice- 1 cup
Split moong dal(yellow)- 1/2 cup
Water- 3 cups
Milk- 1 cup
Salt - as reqd
Cashews- 5  no:
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
Peppercorns- 1 tsp
Ginger- 2 " (chopped)
Curry leaves- few

Mehod:
                    Wash and strain rice and dal together.....Pressure cook rice,dal,milk, salt and water.Cook it for one whistle. Once the pressure is gone,slightly  mash the pongal. Keep it aside.
                     Now in a pan add ghee.Once the ghee is hot add cashews, cumin seeds,peppercorns, ginger and curry leaves. Add this to the pressure cooked mixture and mix it well.


Enjoy this simple pongal with sambhar and pappad...

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