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Pongal

pongal

This Indin dish is a delicious concoction of rice, moong dal, jaggery and milk. It is then tempered with cashew nuts and raisins fried in ghee. It is beleived to be a perfect remedy for sore throat.

Ingredients

For Stuffing
  • - Rice - half cup
  • - Moong dal - one fourth of a cup
  • - Jeera - half to 1 tablespoon
  • - Peppercorns - half to 1 tablespoon
  • - Fresh powdered pepper- half to 1 tablespoon
  • - A few Cashewnuts broken
  • - Dessicated Coconut - half a cup
  • - A pinch of Turmeric powder
  • - Ghee as per taste

Method

  • - Fry the Moongdal a little till you get a light flavour.
  • - Mix the dal with the rice, add 2 -3 cups of water. The rice should cook very soft.
  • - Add turmeric powder, coconut, a few peppercorns and a 1-2 tsp of ghee to the rice and pressure cook till done.
  • - When done, take a kadai add sufficient of Ghee to it, more the ghee better it tastes, add jeera, pepper corns and cashewnuts.
  • - Add the cooked rice mixture, pepper powder, salt and mix well with the ghee and jeera/cashewnuts.