Ingredients
Raw Rice : 1 cup
Moong dal : 1/2 cup
Water : 4 cups
Ghee : 4 tbsp
Salt
Curry leaves
Cashewnuts
Grind to a Coarse powder
Ginger : 1 piece
Whole Pepper : 1 tbsp
Jeera : 1 1/2 tbsps
Method
Wash rice and dal together and pressure cook with salt.
Wait for morethan 6 whistles and reduce the flame for 5 mins.
Open the pressure cooker and mash the cooked rice well.
Put ginger powder mixture and curry leaves on the top of the rice.
Heat ghee , fry cashewnuts and pour on to the rice along with the ghee and mix well.
Serve hot with chutney, sambar and Urad dal vada.
venpongal is reallly delicious..when i prepare i add the whole pepper ..next time will try ur version.
ReplyDeleteMy all time favorite ....
ReplyDeleteLooks so yummy , n healthy too ... i'm sure my daughter will love it in her tiffin ....
ReplyDeleteSmita
@Little Food Junction
Vidya,
ReplyDeleteVen pongal looks really good.
One of our favorites...I prepared the same yesterday will post it later :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely dish looks like masala khichdi.
ReplyDeleteHeavenly...hot ghee pongal and coconut chutney, ummmm....thats my favorite...! your version is super da.
ReplyDeletedelicious and yummy pongal my favourite always.
ReplyDeleteMy all time fav.. Pongal vada sambar wow tempting menu...
ReplyDeleteDelicious breakfast. Looks very tempting. You have a great blog here...
ReplyDeleteDelicious looking ven pongal,a healthy dish too. Happy Mother's day to u .
ReplyDeletelooks yum!
ReplyDeleteThat indeed is a good combo - THE combo - its should be a sin to eat pongal without vada, chutney and sambar!
ReplyDeleteDear Srividhya,
ReplyDeleteI tried your ven pongal recipe too and loved the addition of ginger and other spices in the powdered form to the dish.We enjoyed it.I posted it under tried and tasted in my blog.Thank you for sharing it with us.