Ven Pongal

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Rice
• 1/4 Cup Moong dal
• 1 Spoon Black Pepper
• 1 Spoon Cumin Seeds
• 1 Inch Ginger piece
• Curry Leaves
• A pinch of Asafetida
• Salt
• Ghee to prepare pongal (aprox. 1/4 cup)
• Turmeric powder (optional)
• 10 - 12 Cashew nuts

Method:

• Wash rice and dal. Pure 2 1/2 or 3 cups of water and keep in a pressure cooker
• Add chopped ginger, turmeric powder, whole black pepper, cumin seeds and asafetida
• Pour ghee in a pan and add cashew nuts and curry leaves and fry
• Add to the rice mixture and mix well.
• Now the tasty ven pongal is ready.

Notes:

• You can also powder black pepper and cumin seeds and fry them in ghee. Add this to pongal. This will give you a different pongal.

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