Friday, 25 May 2018

Pongal || katte pongal || ven pongal

Pongal is very traditional and famous recipe in Tamil Naidu. It is easy and simple to cook with less ingredients. Its my kasturi peddamma's(aunty) favorite dish. Whenever we visit her home, she prepare ven pongal, coconut chutney and vada 😋😋😋 for breakfast. Talking about calories,
200 calories in 1 cup of pongal. You can eat pongal with chutney, sambar and gostu. Pongal taste good whe served with Coconut chutney .Check out my coconut chutney recipe too.




                 Pongal - katte pongal

 Prep Time : 5 mins

 Cook Time : 15 min
 Serves: 4
 Recipe Category: Breakfast
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author: Aruna

     Ingredients needed:


Raw Rice - 1 glass

Moong dal -1/4 cup
Salt -as needed
Water -4 glasses
Ghee - 1 tsp



For seasonings:


Jeera - 2 tsp

Curry leaves -1tsp
Ginger - 1tsp
Pepper - 1tsp
Hing - 1 pinch
Ghee 2-3 tsp.

Preparation:


* Wash rice and moong dal well and soak in water for 10 min.Drain the water and keep it ready.


* Take a pan, add 1tsp ghee and fry kaju until turn golden brown.


Method :


1. Take pressure cooker add 1 tsp of ghee add soaked rice and dal fried it for few seconds. Now add water, salt and pressure cook it for 4 whistles in medium flame.


2. Take a pan/ kadai add 2 tsp of ghee then add ginger fry for a second . Now add pepper, jeera, curry leaves fry it and switch off the flames. Add fried cashew nuts, fry it and add the mixture to the boiled pongal and mix it.




Ven pongal ready to eat 😋😋😋


                             Notes


* You can fry ginger before frying rice and dal.


* You can add green chillies, crushed pepper and jeera to get kara pongal.


* You can cook it without keeping whistles.






                              Tips


◆ To avoid leakage of liquid while coming whistle - after adding water to the rice and dal, cook it without keeping lid .


◆ Add melted ghee on pongal before eating.



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4 comments:

  1. My favourite breakfast. Will ask my family to prepare this by following ur recipe. Much appreciated ur efforts

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    1. Tq very much subbu..let me knw if any doubts.. nd any suggestions for me😊

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  2. Wow was waiting for this recipe.I will try soon.

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    1. Surely, tq for dropping msg, hope u njoyed this recipe, keep visiting my blog 🤗🌺

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