Ven Pongal | Pongal Recipes | Sankranti Recipes
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4 people for one time serving or 2 people for two servings
 
Adorned with whole black peppercorns, soft and delicious ven pongal
Ingredients
  • ½ Cup mung dal
  • ½ Cup sona masuri rice/long grain rice/simple everyday rice
  • 10-12 whole black peppercorns
  • 1" broken pieces of cinnamon/dalchini
  • 2-3 cloves/laung
  • 1" chopped ginger
  • 1 Tbsp ghee
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • ½ Tsp jeera
  • 1 sliced green chilli
  • 8-10 chopped curry leaves
  • Salt to taste
  • Chopped coriander garnish
Method
  1. Mix mung dal and rice
  2. Wash this mixture thrice and discard the water
  3. Add 6 X ½ Cup (6 measures) water and let it cook well
  4. Once dal and rice absorb all the water add about a Tbsp of butter, cover and keep aside
  5. To make tadka, add ghee in a pan, add jeera and let them splutter
  6. Next add black pepper, cinnamon and laung. Fry
  7. Add sliced green chilli, curry leaves and chopped ginger. Saute for a few seconds
  8. Add salt to cooked rice and dal
  9. Pour tadka and mix well. Lightly mash with the edge of spoon
  10. Garnish with chopped coriander
  11. Serve hot with kadhi
Notes
Lightly roast washed mung dal and rice mixture in little ghee

Add a few cashews as well while making the tadka

If you do not like whole black peppercorns lightly pound them before adding. But for a proper ven pongal feel whole is best :)

While cooking in pressure cooker add 5 measures of water

This recipe can be doubled. Add a little less water
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/ven-pongal/