Pongali

How to make Pongali:

Time to Make: 25 mins

Serves: 3-4 people

Ingridients:-

1 Cup Rice

1/3 Cup Moong Dal

2.5 Cup water

3 tbsp Ghee

1 tbsp Oil

2 tb.Sp Kaju

5/6 green chillies / 1 big alapeno pepper

1 tsp Mustard seeds

1/2 tsp Jeera

1 tsp pepper seeds

1/2 tsp turmeric

2 pinches of Hing

Few currly leaves

Salt to taste

1. Fry Moong Dal till it gives a nice aroma.

2. In the same pan, put oil and ghee. once it is hot add mustard seeds, jeera, black pepper seeds, Hing. Once mustard seeds splutter then add Turmeric, Kaju, Green Chillies, Curry keaves.

3. Now add the fried dal, add the washed rice and fry for a minute.

4. Put all this in a pressure cooker vessel. Add water (a little more than what you add for cooking rice). Add Salt (Do NOT forget to add salt at this time).

5. Pressure cook for around 5 whistles ( more than for cooking rice which is usually 3).

6. Take the pongal out of pressure cooker. Mix well and add more ghee if required. Take a cupe and fill pongal in it and place it in a tiffin plate to get a round shape

7. Serve hot with Pongali Pulusu and Coconut chutney.

Variation:- You can add any veggies you like (Carrot, beans, peas) to make vegetable pongali. Its a great dish for brunch!!