Ven pongal is a age old tamil nadu cuisine. Its very simple to prepare and can be taken at any time.

Ven Pongal is one of the breakfast item from South India, mainly popular in Tamil Nadu, prepared during Pongal Festival and also served as a special dish on auspicious occasions like wedding ceremonies. Fresh curry leaves and Ghee is a must for this dish.


Ingredients:
1 cup - raw rice
½ cup - milk
1/3 cup - green gram dal
11/2 tsp - black pepper
1 tsp - cumin seeds
1 tbsp - broken cashew nuts
1 tbsp - finely cut ginger (optional)
a few - curry leaves
2 tbsp - ghee
5 cup - water
salt to taste.



Method:

1. Wash rice and dal and cook them together in five cups of water for 10 minutes.
2. Add salt, curry leaves and ginger with half a cup of milk.
3. Simmer for a minute and remove from fire.
4. Fry cashew nuts, pepper and cumin seeds in ghee.
5. Pour this over the rice-dal mixture.
6. Mix well and serve steaming hot with ghee on top.

Making Time: 20 minutes.

Serves: 3 persons.

Shleflife: Best fresh.

Note:

• This ven pongal can be taken for Breakfast and lunch too.

• You can use Ponni raw rice or Sona masoori.

• If using an electric cooker, use the same proportion and cook rice and dhal with little salt and then do the tempering.

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