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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Ven Pongal Recipe (Khara Pongal)

Ven Pongal or Khara Pongal is one of the regular breakfast in south indian households. I am not a big fan of pongal but when served hot with ghee I cant say no to it :)
Ven Pongal Recipe
This is the best option to be served for guests. Once the rice and moong dhal is cooked making pongal can be done even 10mins before serving. Best served with coconut chutney or even coriander chutney and sambar.

Ven Pongal Recipe


Ven Pongal Recipe - Ingredients
  • Raw Rice - 1 cup
  • Split Moong Dhal - 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp
  • Water - 4 cups
  • Salt - to taste
  • Ghee - 1.5 tbsp
To Temper:
  • Jeera - 1 tsp
  • Pepper - 1/2 tsp
  • Ginger - 1/2 tbsp chopped finely
  • Curry leaves - few
  • Hing(Perungayam) - 1/4 tsp
  • Oil - 1 tbsp

Ven Pongal Recipe

Method:
1. Dry roast moong dhal until slightly browned, set aside with raw rice. You can soak rice and dhal for 30mins(optional, I didnt do). Pressure cook rice and moong dhal with 4 cups of water for 3-4 whistles until mushy.
Ven Pongal Recipe - Step1
2.Meanwhile you can get ready with the tempering ingredients. First add little ghee and fry the cashews, set aside. In the same kadai add oil and the ingredients under 'to temper' and fry for 2mins.
Ven Pongal Recipe - Step2
3. Add hing and salt, give a quick stir. Once the pressure releases, open and add the tempered items, cashews to the cooked pongal. Mix well, add ghee finally.

Ven Pongal Recipe - Step3
Serve hot with chutney of your choice and sambar. I had clicked pongal twice before this but was not satisfied and finally this was ok to go :)

Ven Pongal Recipe
My Notes:
  • Soaking dhal and raw rice helps in cooking faster and even .
  • Amma always roasts the moong dhal as it gives a nice flavour to the pongal
  • Adjust water according to the rice variety.
Ven Pongal Recipe

35 Comments:

Anonymous said...

yUMMY PONGAL.....NICE CLICKS and step by step process.....helpful for begginers....drooling here and making hungry tooo..........

Gayathri NG said...

Simple and delicious recipe, i also prepare in same method...

Anonymous said...

Iam waiting for your pound cake recipe....the photo looks simply superb...

Sangeetha Nambi said...

Wow ! finger Licking !

Prathibha said...

my fav breakfast..love it with sambar or gojju...yummy

RAKS KITCHEN said...

My favorite ever, i cant get it right consistently. Looks super delicious and soft! Lovely clicks :)

Shilpakiran said...

truely the perfect one .. persentation too good

Aruna Manikandan said...

looks delicious and very tempting :)

jeyashrisuresh said...

my family's fav breakfast recipe. You have made it so nice and addition of green chilli is new to me

Rekha shoban said...

perfectly done!!my favourite..superb presentation n click!

Saraswathi Iyer said...

Looks delicious and tempting.

M D said...

Beautiful Sharmilee! Love that second pic, so pretty and indicative that it's being served hot out of the stove.

Chitra said...

I make it once a week. i add 5 cups of water. lookas delicious :)

Sathya Priya said...

my hubby's all time fav is pongal...dry roasting moong dal is new to me...should try this way....nice clicks sharmi.....

Kurryleaves said...

beautiful clicks ...looks really tempting..

Lavi said...

last pics makes me drool. i just love pongal for break-fast!

Cilantro said...

Super Delicious! I can`t resist hot pongal with chutney and sambar. Lovely clicks!

sangee vijay said...

Super delicious Ven pongal...looks more tempting!!

Spandana said...

Love it.. looks very yummm... I love the second pic with the steam.. nicely clicked.

Anu said...

Yum pongal. Always makes me drowsy and sleepy after having this.

Aarthi said...

This looks totally delicious..

Aarthi
http://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/

Suchi said...

Looks awesome, your photos are fab...

Suja Manoj said...

Looks awesome.lovely presentation.

Kalyani said...

delicious and tempting clicks sharmilee ......

Nalini's Kitchen said...

Delicious and tempting pongal...my all time favorite.

Hema said...

Very, very inviting clicks..

Vardhini said...

Hubby's favorite dish .. not so much for me :). Inviting clicks.

Vardhini
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SnehaPrasad said...

Nice recipe, i always add milk which tastes even better.

SnehaPrasad said...

Nice recipe, i always add milk which taste even better.

nidhi@whats cooking mom said...

Amazing photography. Pongal is Looking very tempting.

Sukanya Ramkumar said...

My all time fav. Lovely presentation. We also follow the same recipe. YUM!!!

Sanjeeta kk said...

Comfort food for any day, lovely clicks!

Ash said...

tried ven pongal and sambhar last night...turned out very yummmm

UmmSumayya said...

Mom adds a little bit of milk to cook rice and dal, she says this give a nice white colour. Otherwise I make it the same way and it never fails.
Cheers

priya said...

Tried ven pongal and sambat last night... Turned yumn... Thanks for the recipe..!!

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