Sunday, December 7, 2008

Ven Pongal

Ven Pongal is a typical tamilnadu breakfast. Less ingredients and easy to prepare and yummy to eat.

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Ingredients
Raw rice / Pacharisi - 1 cup
Moong dal / Pasiparuppu - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsps
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Cashew nuts - few optional
Water - 4 1/2 cups

Method

1. In a pressure cooker fry the moong dal with little ghee until it becomes slightly brown and a nice aroma comes out from the dal.
2. Add the washed rice , water and rice and pressure cook it.
3. Heat the reamaining ghee in a pan add the cumin and pepper (slightly crush the cumin and the pepper) fry for 1 or 2 mins add the broken cahews and fry it together and pour it over the cooked rice and mix well. Serve with coconut chutney, pongal curry, vadai.

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