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Khara Pongal Recipe-Ven Pongal-(Step wise pictures)

January 8, 2013 by PadhuSankar 52 Comments

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Ven Pongal or khara pongal is a very popular breakfast in Tamil Nadu. It 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 beginers .Today we will learn the Tamil style of preparing khara pongal recipe.

 

Khara Pongal-Ven Pongal

 

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Ven Pongal-Khara Pongal
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Khara Pongal-Ven Pongal
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
23 mins
 

Ven pongal or khara pongal is a popular breakfast in Tamil Nadu prepared with rice and yellow split moong lentils. It is served with sambar and coconut chutney.

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: South Indian
Servings: 1 person
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Raw rice
  • 1/4 cup Split yellow moong dal (pasi paruppu)
  • 8 Cashew nuts
  • Salt needed
For the seasoning
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Oil
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Ghee
  • 1 inch Ginger finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds (jeeragam)
  • 1 tsp Whole black pepper (milagu)
  • Curry leaves few
Instructions
  1. Dry roast moong dal and rice separately until it is hot to touch. Do not over fry it.

  2. Fry cashew nuts in a tsp of ghee and keep it aside.

Method to make Khara pongal
  1. Mix both rice and dal, wash and 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.

  2. Open the cooker, once the pressure subsides. Mash the rice and dal well, when it is hot.

  3. Heat oil + ghee, add pepper, cumin seeds, saute for a few seconds, then add finely chopped ginger, curry leaves, saute for 2-3 seconds and pour it over the rice + dal mix.

  4. Add fried cashew nuts and mix everything well.

  5. Alternatively you can add rice+dal mix to the seasoning as I have done and mix well on low flame for 2 minutes.

  6. Turn off the heat and serve hot with sambar or gothsu or coconut chutney.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Ven Pongal goes well with coconut chutney, brinjal gothsu and sambar.

How to make Khara Pongal with pictures

Dry roast 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, wash and 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 when it is hot (You can cook rice and dal,  keeping a vessel inside the cooker or cook directly in the cooker ).

how to make ven pongal

Heat oil + ghee, add pepper, jeera seeds (you can pound pepper and jeera slightly for more flavor), saute for a few seconds, then add finely chopped ginger, curry leaves , saute for a few more seconds 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 on low flame for 2 minutes.

Turn off the heat and serve hot with sambar or gothsu or coconut chutney.

how to prepare pongal

Side dish for Pongal 

Coconut chutney 

Arachu vitta sambar 

Pongal sambar 

Idli sambar 

Instant sambar 

Brinjal Gothsu

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Comments

  1. Suja Manoj

    January 8, 2013 at 5:27 pm

    Healthy and filling,love it

    Reply
  2. Hamaree Rasoi

    January 8, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    Hi Padhu, Lovely Pongal. Must have tasted great.
    Deepa

    Reply
  3. faiza kader

    January 8, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    super.. 2 nd photo vil cooker kul paathirathil rice iruke appadi thaan veega vaikanuma?

    Reply
  4. Sangeetha Priya

    January 8, 2013 at 11:54 pm

    my all time fav,love the stepwise neat presentation, yummy khara pongal!!!

    Reply
  5. divya

    January 9, 2013 at 1:50 am

    Super recipe…looks flavorful & delicious..

    Reply
  6. PadhuSankar

    January 9, 2013 at 3:55 am

    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.

    Reply
  7. DivyaGCP

    January 9, 2013 at 4:29 am

    Comforting and delicious pongal..

    Reply
  8. Poorni

    January 9, 2013 at 6:41 am

    delicious pongal..

    Reply
  9. devangana

    January 9, 2013 at 7:23 am

    looks delicious

    Reply
  10. Rama Sekharan

    January 9, 2013 at 12:09 pm

    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.

    Reply
  11. Ama zanth

    April 25, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    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?

    Reply
  12. PadhuSankar

    April 26, 2013 at 3:46 am

    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.

    Reply
  13. hafsa hassain

    July 26, 2013 at 6:47 pm

    your dishes are always help me lot…

    Reply
  14. chinki kherajani

    August 4, 2013 at 6:11 pm

    Mam does we have to clean rice n pulse before fry

    Reply
  15. PadhuSankar

    August 5, 2013 at 9:07 am

    Chinki -You do not have to wash before frying. If there are any impurities in your dal or rice, clean it but do not wash it. Hope I made it clear for you.

    Reply
  16. Rashmi

    August 17, 2013 at 5:47 pm

    Hi Padhu,

    In the first step, do we need to 'roast' rice and dal separately instead of'fry'ing? Even I was unclear about when to wash, so I just roasted and washed it before cooking in the pressure cooker.

    The pongal was perfect! Thanks for the simple recipe.

    Rashmi

    Reply
  17. Praveen

    September 28, 2013 at 3:36 am

    wow, I like the site, there are so many quick recipes

    Reply
  18. Karthikeyan Visvanathan

    October 14, 2013 at 5:34 am

    Very good Tamil recipe..
    The best side-dish for this pongal would be "RASAM".
    first you will think how it will suits?
    But try it, then you wont eat pongal without rasam.
    Amazing combination.

    Reply
  19. Vidyalakshmi Madishetty

    December 15, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    Thank you very much 🙂

    Reply
  20. new mom

    January 14, 2014 at 6:55 am

    Simple n delicious ….tried today came out well

    Reply
  21. sandhya

    January 19, 2014 at 9:32 am

    I tried this recipe today and my family likes it very much. Thank Padhu for sharing receipe 🙂

    Reply
  22. Ravi S.

    February 6, 2014 at 4:30 pm

    Dhanyavadam Padhu!

    Reply
  23. Anita Rajasimhan

    February 13, 2014 at 7:18 am

    Very easy recipe. I'm from Poland and I love south Indian cuisine. Will try this over the weekend. Thank you!

    Reply
  24. Seriously

    April 6, 2014 at 5:11 pm

    There is no nutrition in food that is cooked in a pressure cooker. Food also lacks flavor- try cooking on low heat.

    Reply
  25. Vasant

    June 4, 2014 at 8:55 am

    This recipe is my savior when I am alone at home.I have this for lunch.thank you very much

    Reply
  26. Vibha Sp

    July 12, 2014 at 3:43 am

    nice recipe of pongal , i would like to join ur blog and vl b happy if u join mine too .

    Reply
  27. Subashini

    September 4, 2014 at 11:10 am

    thanks for your recipes as I always use your site and prepare dishes , almost everything comes good

    Reply
  28. Rashmi

    October 24, 2014 at 6:16 pm

    Thanks Padhu for a healthy n easy brkfast recipe. I just love the pongal.. i jst wanted to knw 1 thing. We always wash rice n dal before using it. So is it aftr washing v need to fry it ir how do you go ahead ?
    Thanks,

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 25, 2014 at 8:17 am

      Rashmi – in preparation itself I have written clearly to dry roast dal and rice separately. You have to wash it after frying once it cools.

      Reply
  29. Suma

    January 3, 2015 at 6:51 am

    Tried this recipe for breakfast… Very delicious,… My family loved it. Thank you for sharing…

    Reply
  30. Shankar

    July 9, 2015 at 4:04 am

    Replaced rice with oats. Came out well. Suggest increase pepperby 25%. Tasty and nutritious.

    Reply
  31. Zac

    September 13, 2015 at 6:45 am

    Great recipe. Really

    Reply
  32. A

    December 5, 2015 at 2:38 am

    Tasty nutrition packed recipe. Inspite being a Marathi family we all love it.

    Thanks

    Reply
  33. Harsha

    December 27, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    Thank you for the easy steps. For me, Pongal is the best breakfast and now I have started to make it myself!

    Reply
  34. neelam tejwani

    January 13, 2016 at 11:05 am

    Hi..padhu…liked ur receipe very much..can u add me to ur group so that I learn more southern recipes

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      January 14, 2016 at 11:37 am

      Thank you for liking my recipes. You can join Padhuskitchen facebook page where we can discuss anything related to food.

      Reply
    • kanikks p

      March 1, 2016 at 3:03 am

      Madam
      Is it mean that rice need to fry without oil ah

      Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      March 1, 2016 at 10:11 am

      Yes, roast rice without oil slightly until hot to touch. Roast dal also separately. Then mix both and cook.

      Reply
  35. V.C. Venkatesh

    January 15, 2016 at 12:33 am

    Big follower of Padhu recipes. By default I come to this site for all my recipe needs. Awesome.

    Reply
  36. prabha lakshmi

    January 15, 2016 at 1:55 am

    Hi padhu.. Ur website is my goto page for any cooking 🙂 and my family ejoying my new recipes, thanks to you!

    Reply
  37. Kalai Vani

    June 22, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    i like ur cooking method..I will try this recipe tomorrow..thank u for sharing the method in easy way:)

    Reply
  38. shravanthi swamy

    November 23, 2016 at 4:26 pm

    Hey!
    Ua pongal is the only breakfast i cab prepare. People at home loved it.Infact my mum changed her pongal recipe n follows yours.
    Thanks so much for recipe.

    Reply
  39. Ayuip Khan

    January 12, 2017 at 2:58 am

    மூன்று வருடம் முன்பு Ruwais camp ல் இத்தளத்தை பார்த்து நான் தயார் செய்த பொங்கல் மிகவும் அருமையாக அமைந்திருந்தது.

    அதை சுவைத்த சில ஓட்டுனர் நண்பர்கள், அருமையாக இருந்தது என எதார்த்தமாக admin office ல் கூற

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    இன்று ஊரில் இருக்கும் போது மலரும் நினைவாக வருகிறது

    Reply
  40. Recipe world

    January 27, 2017 at 2:49 am

    Very nice recipe. I have tried it for my daughter and we all liked it!

    Reply
  41. Unknown

    February 13, 2017 at 4:44 pm

    Tried it….came out very well. ..thank you

    Reply
  42. Unknown

    February 1, 2018 at 4:37 am

    Lovely Pongal padhu. I have tried this many times and everytime it came out well. Thank you so much.

    Reply
  43. Lokesh Karunakaran Reddy

    June 2, 2018 at 3:03 am

    The recipe churned our very well. Won the hearts of people at home. Thank you!

    Reply
  44. Hamsavardhini Challa

    October 6, 2018 at 9:40 am

    Nice recipes came out well I try your recipes and they comes out well thank you

    Reply
  45. vasean vasa

    December 22, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    Ingredients list for 200 person

    Reply
  46. Arun Devraj

    November 3, 2019 at 2:24 am

    Tried out. The proportions are correct

    Reply
  47. Saranya

    April 8, 2020 at 6:01 am

    Hi i need to know can do pongal im any other rice (ponni rice) or else we need to do only in pachaarise..

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      April 9, 2020 at 8:15 am

      You can do in any rice variety.

      Reply

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