Ven Pongal

Prep Time:5 m        Cook Time:20 m

Serves:2

Ingredients

Raw Rice   - 1/2 cup

Moong Dal - 1/2 cup

Salt             - to taste

Water         - 3 &1/2 cups

To Temper
Ghee               - 1 tblsp
Cumin Seeds  - 1 tsp
Peppercorn     - 1 tsp
Curry Leaves - 2 sprigs
Cashewnut     - few

Method

• Wash and soak rice and dal for twenty minutes.
     
• Add required amount of water,salt and pressure cook for three whistles.Mix it with a ladle and it gets mashed up well easily.
     
• Heat ghee and add the items to temper and add this to the pongal,mix well and serve with sambhar or chutney.
                                      
     

Little Words

• Adjust the quantity of water such that it is one to two cups extra than for the normal rice.
• Kids may not like eating whole peppercorn so pepper powder can be added for them.
• While serving drizzle some ghee on top.
• Served with sambhar or coconut chutney this makes an excellent breakfast. 
• While tempering roast the cashewnuts separately and add it to the remaining else jeera may get burnt.