Wednesday 13 April 2011

Pongal

One of my favourite dish.Tried different recipes, got different tastes.After many attempts got the taste which i wanted.. Here is the recipe for the same Ingredients:

  • Rice : 1 cup

  • Moong Dal : 1 cup

  • Water : 5 cups

  • Salt: as needed

  • Hing : a pinch

  • Turmeric : 1/2 t sp

  • Ghee : 2tb sp

  • Cumin seeds : 1 t sp

  • Pepper cons: 1 t sp

  • Urad Dal : 1 t sp

  • Green Chilies : 3

  • Curry leaves : 2 strings

  • Kaju : 10

Procedure:



  • Wash rice and moong dal. Add 5 cups of water, salt, chopped ginger, hing, turmeric ,rice, moong dal in pressure cooker and cook for 3 visils.

  • In a kadai, add ghee for tempering.Once ghee is hot, add urad Dal, cumin seeds, pepper cons, kaju, hing,chopped chilies, curry leaves.

  • Add this tempering cooked rice,moong dal mixture and mix well.

Serve with allam chutney or sambar.


Note:



  • Add water as per your interest.If you want pongal to be in mushy texture add 5 cups or if you want it to be like normal rice just add double the quantity of rice and dal.

  • Adjust chilies and salt as per your taste.

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