Name: Pongal recipe by Aruna Saraschandra at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Raw rice - 1 cup; Moong dal - 1/4 cup; Salt as needed; Water - 4 glasses; Salt as per taste; For seasoning; Cumin seeds - 2 tsp; Ginger - 1 tsp; Pepper - 1 tsp; Hing - 1 pinch; Ghee - 3 tsp

ABOUT Pongal RECIPE

Pongal is very traditional and famous recipe in Tamil Naidu. It is easy and simple to cook with less ingredientsYou can eat pongal with chutney, sambar and gostu. Pongal taste good whe served with Coconut chutney

Ingredients Serving: 2

Raw rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Salt as needed
Water - 4 glasses
Salt as per taste
For seasoning
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Ginger - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1 tsp
Hing - 1 pinch
Ghee - 3 tsp

Instructions

1) Wash rice and moong dal well and soak in water for 10 min.Drain the water and keep it ready.
2) Take a pan, add 1tsp ghee and fry cashew nuts until turn golden brown.
3) Take pressure cooker add 1 tsp of ghee add soaked rice and dal fried it for few seconds. Now add water, salt and pressure cook it for 4 whistles in medium flame.
4) Take a pan/ kadai add 2 tsp of ghee then add ginger fry for a second . Now add pepper, jeera, curry leaves fry it and switch off the flames. Add fried cashew nuts, fry it and add the mixture to the boiled pongal and mix it.

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