Ven pongal is spicy version of pongal, the popular dish from South Indian cuisine. Prepared with rice, milk, green gram dal as main ingredients Ven Pongal is an ideal breakfast. Easy to cook and ready to serve, the recipe of Ven pongal is here
Ingredients
1 cup: Raw rice
½ cup: Milk
1/3 cup: Green gram dal
11/2 tsp: Black pepper
1 tsp: Cumin seeds
1 tbs: Broken cashew nuts
1 tbs: Finely cut ginger (optional)
A few: Curry leaves
2 tbs: Ghee
5 cup: Water
Salt to taste
Method
Wash rice and dal and cook them together in five cups of water for 10 minutes.
Add salt, curry leaves and ginger with half a cup of milk. Simmer for a minute and remove from fire.