Pongal / Venpongal

When you hear the name pongal immediately it strikes of temples. Yes you guessed it right, temple prasadam. It might be less in salt, but those hot pongal tastes heavenly. This is a saver tiffin when you have large crowd, as it is simple to make and healthy too..

Ingredients :-

Rice - 1 cup

Toor dal - 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup ( I prefer 3/4 cup )

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Ghee - 3 tablespoon

Whole pepper - 1 tblsp

Jeera - 1 tblsp

Salt to taste.

Method :- 

Add toor dal, rice in a cooker after washing along with turmeric pwd.

Add water ( 1 cup of rice- 3 cups water ) ( 1/2 cup toor dal - 1/2 cup water) you could reduce if you wish thicker consistency.

Leave it for 3 to 4 whistles.

In a pan add ghee , when it's hot enough add jeera and peppercorns along with curry leaves and cashew which is optional.

Once the peppercorns splutter turn of the heat.

Once you open the cooker add salt along with ghee tempered with jeera and pepper.

Mix gently and serve while it's hot.