VenPongal

Serves 4 persons

Ingredients

Moongdal 1 cup

Rice 2 cups

Pepper 2tb sp

Cumin seeds 2 tbsp

Green chili 2

Ginger 1 inch

Curry leaves handful

Cashew nuts 6-8

Ghee 4-5 tbsp

Salt to taste

Method

Coaresly grind 1tb sp of  pepper and cumin together.

Finely cut the ginger and  green chillies.

Take a pan, fry the moongdal and rice without oil for sometime till a aroma of the dal comes.

Put the dal and rice together in a vessel with  water in the ratio of Mix(dal+rice) : water 1: 3 and salt to taste and cook it in a cooker for 3 whistles.

Mash the cooked rice and dal well and keep aside. 

In a pan take the ghee. Add the cashew nuts and fry till  light brown. Keep aside.

In the rest of the ghee, add the rest of the pepper and cumin, fry.

Add greenchillies and ginger.

Add the pepper-cumin powder, curry leaves  and mix well.

Add the mashed rice and dal and mix well.

If required for the consistency warm water can be added. The required consistency is semisolid.

While serving little ghee can be added.

Serve hot with Sambhar and chutney.