Pongal is the most simplest and easiest breakfast recipe. I do not prefer to eat pongal in hotels as they mostly use dalda. Making pongal at home is a breeze. It has just 2 steps. Cook rice and dal and then do the seasoning. Though I have posted ven pongal with easy sambar recipe here, I wanted to do a step wise recipe for beginners.Today we will learn the Tamil style of preparing khara pongal recipe.
Prep time - under 10 mins
Cook time -under 20 mins
Serves - 1
Ingredients needed
Raw rice - 1/2 cup
Split yellow moong dal (pasi paruppu) -1/4 cup
Cashew nuts -6-7
Salt needed
For the seasoning
Ginger finely chopped - 1 tsp
Cumin/ Jeera seeds - 1 tsp
Whole black pepper - 1 tsp
Ghee - 1 1/2 tbsp
Oil - 1 1/2 tbsp tbsp
Curry leaves - few
Preparation
Fry moong dal and rice separately until it is hot to touch. Do not over fry it.
Fry cashew nuts in a tsp of ghee and keep it aside.
Method
Mix both rice and dal, pressure cook adding salt, 2 1/2 - 3 cups of water for 4-5 whistles.(I used old rice, so added 3 cups of water). The rice has to be cooked in such a way that it should be mushy.
Open the cooker once the pressure subsides and mash the contents well.(You can cook rice directly in the cooker also or as I have done)
Heat oil + ghee, add finely chopped ginger, saute for 2-3 seconds, then add pepper, jeera seeds, curry leaves and pour it over the rice + dal mix. Add fried cashew nuts and mix everything well. Alternatively you can add rice+dal mix to the seasoning as I have done and mix well in low flame for 2 minutes. Switch off and serve hot with sambar or gothsu or coconut chutney.
Coconut chutney
Arachu vitta sambar
Pongal sambar
Idli sambar
Instant sambar
Brinjal Gothsu
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13 comments:
Wonderful Recipe padhu..
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Healthy and filling,love it
Hi Padhu, Lovely Pongal. Must have tasted great.
Deepa
super.. 2 nd photo vil cooker kul paathirathil rice iruke appadi thaan veega vaikanuma?
my all time fav,love the stepwise neat presentation, yummy khara pongal!!!
Super recipe...looks flavorful & delicious..
Faiza kader
You can cook rice keeping in a vessel as I have done or you can cook directly in the cooker. It is your choice.
Comforting and delicious pongal..
delicious pongal..
looks delicious
I even have an easier version which comes out very well. Locally I am known as the best venpongal maker. Here it is. I simply put both pasi paruppu & rice together in the pressure cooker with some salt & cook it it lets 3-5 whistles. Turn off the stove allow it to cool & then season with oil first then crushed pepper, jeera, karuveppalai & ginger paste. Add just before taking out enough ghee & fried cashews to your taste. This way it is healthier not to add too much saturated fats like ghee . This recipe Never fails me. Try it.
Hi Padhu.. Very good recipe. Being a bachelor I have tried this and it has come out well. Easy to prepare and needs less effort. I have recommended this link to many colleagues / friends.
Last couple of times though, the rice+dal mix is becoming to sticky. (using cooker, 4-5 whistles). Not sure what I am doing wrong. I have made sure I have more water to make the mix mushy. Still the stickness persists. Any idea?
It depends on the quality of rice. Try changing the rice as certain rice are sticky.Also fry rice and dal separately before making pongal. Do not fry too much.Thanks a lot for liking my recipes.
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