VEN PONGAL RECIPE | KHARA PONGAL RECIPE

   

“Ven Pongal recipe with video and step by step pictures, A popular South Indian breakfast made by cooking rice and lentils, garnished with cumin, whole pepper and cashews topped with ghee. Ven Pongal or Khara Pongal is a popular South Indian breakfast recipe made with raw rice and yellow moong lentils. In Tamil Brahmin households, we make this Ven Pongal in the month of

Margazhi, also called as Dhanur maasam. Nothing like savouring this delicious

Pongal with chutney and sambar along with a piping hot cup of filter coffee. I

sometimes also make Ven Pongal for dinner. Nowadays, many of us refrain from

eating white rice due to health reasons. Hence, I have also tried making Ven Pongal

by replacing rice with either millets Thinai Ven Pongal or sooji Rava Ven

Pongal

Ven pongal recipe

  Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 30 Mins |Serves: 4-5

     Raw rice | sona masoori  1 cup
     Yellow moong dal  1/2 cup
     Asafoetida  2 pinches
     Ghee  2 tblsp
     Oil   1 tblsp
     Cumin seeds  1 tsp
     Pepper  1 tsp
     Ginger grated  1 tblsp
     Cashew nuts  8-10
     Salt   as needed 
     Milk   1/4 cup (optional)
     Curry leaves   few
                                                 Video of how to make ven pongal

                                 
     

Method:

I

• Roast the rice and dal in a pressure cooker for 5 minutes. Let it be just hot enough. Do not burnt.

• Add 5 cups of water and asafoetida to this.
• Pressure cook till 4-5 whistles.
• When it is done, add salt and mash this nicely with the back of the ladle.

• Add milk to this and mash it well. Adding milk gives a creamy texture. If you do not want skip it. You can add 1/4 cup of hot water.

• In a pan, add the ghee and oil and throw in the black pepper, cumin seeds,ginger and  curry leaves  when it crackles add the cashew nuts and saute in a low flame till it becomes golden brown colour.

• Switch off the flame.
• Mix the spices to the cooked rice and dal.

• Mix well.
• If you want just add a spoon of ghee to this and mix well.
• Enjoy ven pongal with Onion Gotsu or thakkali sambar.

Note:

1. Many times I have tried ven pongal with parboiled rice also and that turned out well.
2. Pepper, cumin seeds, curry leaves can be crushed coarsely and added to this.
3. You can add a pinch of turmeric powder while cooking the pongal. If adding add it while pressure cooking it.
4. Adding asafoetida while cooking the ven pongal gives a wonderful flavor, so do not skip this step.

Check out my Tiffin Sambar recipe
Check out my Sakkarai Pongal | Sweet Pongal Recipe.