Ven pongal

Preparation time: 30 min.

Ingredients:

Rice: 1 cup

Moong Dal: 1 cup

Ghee/ butter: 4 tsp

Black pepper: 1 tsp

Cashew nuts: 4 tsp (optional)

Cumin seeds: 1 tsp

Curry leaves: 5

Salt to taste

Method:

Mix rice and moong dal with 3 or 6 cups of water.

3 cups of water keep the rice grains separate and somewhat dry.

6 cups of water make the rice and dal into a paste.

Pressure cook them. Overcooking make them into paste.So choice is yours.

When it is done, heat 2 tsp of ghee in a pan.

Add black pepper and cumin seeds.

Be careful while doing this as pepper splatter and might cause injury.

Then add curry leaves.

Mix this with rice and dal.

Add salt to rice.

Pour 1 tsp of moderately heated ghee over before serving.

Also serve with any chutney.