Pongal

Pongal is a famous South Indian Dish,Pongal is a semi solid dish, usually prepared with rice and daal. We make “sweet Pongal” and “spicy pongal".

Spicy pongal prepared with pepper well goes as BreakFast,lunch,Dinner.For a MOM/Home Maker PongalRecipe is a Time saver .THIS is my style of PONGAL ,u can make a change by adding ginger/herbs on your taste





Ingredients:

3/4 cups moong daal(yellow)
1 cup rice
2 tea spns cumin seeds
1/2 tea spn black pepper
3/4 cup grated coconut(optional)
2 tea spn oil/ghee
Salt

Method:
Soak daal and rice separately. Crush black pepper roughly (I used black pepper powder instead).
For best results, make the Pongal directly in cooker.
Heat oil in cooker, add cumin seeds and when they start popping, crushed black pepper. Fry for a minute.
Drain water off the daal and add it to the cooker and fry for a minute. Now drain off the water from the rice and add it to the mixture and fry for few seconds. Add 8 cups of water (for 1 cup rice, 8 cups of water should be added).
Add coconut, salt. Close the lid of the cooker and cook for 2 whistles. The Pongal should be in semi-liquid state when cooked.