Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ghee pongal or venn pongal. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Ven pongal or khara pongal is the name given to the savory version. For many South Indians it is a comfort food as it is quick to prepare and is light on the stomach. Ven pongal is a very easy and comfort food.

Ghee Pongal or Venn Pongal is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Ghee Pongal or Venn Pongal is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have ghee pongal or venn pongal using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Ghee Pongal or Venn Pongal:

1. Take 1 cup Raw Rice
2. Take 1/4 cup Split yellow moong dal / Pasiparuppu
3. Make ready to taste Salt
4. Get 4 cup Water
5. Take Spices:
6. Take 5 tblspn Ghee
7. Take 2 tsp Cumin seeds / Jeera
8. Make ready 10 Cashew nuts
9. Make ready 2 chopped Green chilli
10. Take 2 tblspn grated Ginger
11. Prepare 1 tblspn Pepper
12. Make ready 1 sprig Curry leaves

I love to do VenPongal as it is very easy and quick. We should be generous in using ghee for Pongal. The flavour of ghee with pepper is the unique taste of pongal. It is the traditional neivedhyam in any temple.

Instructions to make Ghee Pongal or Venn Pongal:

1. Wash rice and daal.Drain it and set aside. - Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a pressure cooker and add in rice and daa.Fry this for 5 mins.
2. Pour in the water and bring this to a boil.Add in salt. - Cover and cook for 4 whistle and simmer it for 10 mins.Let the pressure go by itself.
3. Open the pressure cooker and mix well.. - Heat ghee in a kadai and add in cashews, cumin seeds, pepper, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and sauté this for a minute..
4. Now add in rice and dal mixture and mix well.Let the rice absorb all flavours. - Mix this for 3 minutes.
5. Serve hot with sambar or chutney..

South Indian king of breakfasts Ven Pongal / Khara Pongal. Rice and dal/lentils cooked and tempered with cumin, pepper, ginger and ghee. I was never a Ven Pongal fan until I became pregnant with my first born. I used to crave for a few things and Ven Pongal was high on that list. Ven Pongal (Khara Pongal) or Ghee Pongal is one of the regular breakfast in south indian households.

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