How to make Venpongal / Kara Pongal

by Aparna Rajesh 10:56 PM 0 comments Breakfast Dinner Festival How to do How to make Pongal Special Veg

Ven pongal is most well-liked and effortless breakfast / dinner recipe. My mom’s all time favourite recipe and she makes it very well. 

 Cook Time : 30 mins 
 Serves: 3 to 4  
 Recipe Category: Ven pongal /Kara Pongal / Festival / Marriage Pongal / Hotel style Ven pongal /Breakfast / dinner
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients:

• Raw rice – 1cup
• Moong dal – ¾ cup
• Milk- 3 tablespoon
• Salt – as required
• Hing – 2 pinch

For seasoning:

• Oil- 2 tablespoon
• Ghee – 2 tablespoon
• Jeera / cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Black pepper – 1 teaspoon
• Ginger -1 ½ teaspoon finely chopped
• Curry leaves – 1 teaspoon
• Cashew nuts- 5

Direction:

• Wash rice and dal well in water.
• Soak rice and dal for 30 mins.
• Take a small frying pan and roast the cashew nut, few curry leaves and few ginger with a teaspoon of ghee.
• Take a pressure cooker add rice and dal in the water.
• All salt, jeera, ginger, milk and curry leaves and pressure cook for 5 to 6 whistles.
• Switch off the cooker. Allow it to cool for 15 mins.
• Open the lid and add ghee, hing and fired mixture.
• It is ready to serve yummy, tasty ven pongal.

Tips:

• You can leave out the milk. It is optional only. 
• You can crush pepper and jeera coarsely and fry with ghee add at the end.
• Have ven pongal with brinjal gotsu / sutta kathirikai gotsu / kathirikal gotsu.