Pongal

Ingredients

Raw Rice - 1 cup

Split Green Gram - 1/4 cup

(Moong Dal)

Ghee - 3 tsp

Cashew Nuts - 7

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Green chillies - 2

Ginger root - 1" piece

Whole Black Pepper - 1 tsp

Garlic pods - 2

Few Curry leaves

Salt

Method

1. Mix rice and moong dal. Wash it and keep aside.
2. Cut green chillies and ginger into fine pieces , smash garlic pods, crush black pepper and keep aside.
3. Heat ghee in pressure cooker, add cashew nuts to it.
4. Then add cumin seeds, green chillies, ginger, garlic, curry leaves and pepper to it.
5. When all splutters add rice and moong dal and add 3 cups of water to it.
6. Finally add salt to it. Mix well.
7. Pressure cook for 5 whistles.
8. Serve with coconut chutney, sambhar and vada.