Pongal [Southern Indian Rice Meal]
Ingredients:[For approx 4 servings]
Rice - 2 cups
Moong dal - 1 cup
Jeera - 2 tsp
Jeera - 2 tsp
Cashews(broken) - 1/2cup
Whole dry red chillies - 6
Whole peppercorns - 10-12
Curry leaves - 5-6 leaves
Garlic - 4 cloves
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Urad dal -1 tsp
Hing [Asafoetida powder] - 2 pinch
Butter - 2 tbsp
Salt as per taste
Method
- Soak rice and moong dal in water for an hour.
- Cook rice and dal with salt, turmeric powder and butter/ghee in a heavy bottom pot in 3 cups of water.
- In a pan, heat 2 tbsp butter.Add Jeera, chana dal, urad dal, hing powder, minced garlic, a few peppercorns and cashews. When it splatters, add curry leaves and dry red chillies.
- Add this prepared seasoning to the cooked rice mixture.
