Name: Couscous Pongal recipe by Rekha Shivakumar at BetterButter
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Couscous - 1 cup; masoor dal - 1 cup; Ghee - 1 tbsp; To Temper :; Black Peppercorn - 1/4 tbsp; Jeera - 1/4 tbsp; mustard seeds - 1/4 tbsp; green chillies (finely chopped) - 1/2 tbsp; Few curry leaves and salt to taste; Cashewnuts - 10

ABOUT Couscous Pongal RECIPE

Pongal is an authentic southindian breakfast prepared using Rice & Moongdal. Here I have couscous instead of Rice

Ingredients Serving: 2

Couscous - 1 cup
masoor dal - 1 cup
Ghee - 1 tbsp
To Temper :
Black Peppercorn - 1/4 tbsp
Jeera - 1/4 tbsp
mustard seeds - 1/4 tbsp
green chillies (finely chopped) - 1/2 tbsp
Few curry leaves and salt to taste
Cashewnuts - 10

Instructions

- Boil 1 and half cups of water in a saucepan with a pinch of salt
- Once they start boiling add couscous and close the pan with lid
- Turn off the stove and within 10 minutes they would have been cooked completely
- Pressure masoor dal upto 4 whistles
- Now mix Masoor dal and couscous. Adjust salt
To temper pongal lets heat ghee in a pan.
Add all the ingredients mentioned under 'To Temper' section
Once they are all saute'd well, add this tempering to the Couscous+dal mixture
Delicious couscous pongal is ready to be served with chutney and sambar

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