Ven Pongal

Ven Pongal

Ingredients

• 150 g rice
• 60 g yellow moong dal
• 1 L water
• salt
• 4 tbsp ghee
• 1 tsp peppercorns
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tbsp grated ginger
• 10 curry leaves
• 15 cashews

Instructions

1. Dry-roast the dal until fragrant.
2. Pressure-cook rice and dal with water and salt until very soft
3. mash.
4. Fry pepper, cumin, ginger, curry leaves and cashews in ghee.
5. Pour over the pongal and mix.
6. Serve with sambar and coconut chutney.