Ven Pongal/ Ghee Pongal Recipe
Ven Pongal is a very easy and comfort food.My husband like Ven Pongal. I make mostly in weekend mornings. I make it with Chutney if i want to make Simple. But most time, I go with husband's like with Sambar and Medhu vada
Ingredients
- Raw rice -1cup
- Moong dal/ pasi paruppu -1/4 cup
- water 4 1/2 cups
- salt -as needed
- Asafoetida 1 pinch
To Temper
- Ghee - 2tblsp
- Ginger chopped - 1 tblsp
- pepper - 2tsp
- jeera - 2 tsp
- green chill -2no
- cashews -10 to 12
- curry leaves - 1 sprig
Method
1. Dry roast the paasi paruppu/moong daal first for extra flavour. Then wash rice and /paruppu/daal together.
2. Heat a cooker with a tsp of ghee add the washed rice and daal. Then add 4& 1/2 cups of water, salt and asafoetida and mix it well.
Pressure cook for 5 whistles. Wait until pressure gets released by itself, open and mash it.
3. Season the items given under to temper.
First add ghee, when hot add ginger,pepper,green chilli,jeera and cashews. Add curry leaves lastly.
Mix well the fried items and then add it to pongal and mix well.U can get yummy Ven Pongal.
