Varagu Pongal Recipe or Varagarisi Ven Pongal is a very healthy and tasty for breakfast.I often make varagu pongal with coconut chutney and tiffin sambar and the combo is so good.This is easy and quick to make for breakfast that you can just make it in a jiffy and serve it. Amma makes a chutney for this pongal with coconut and garlic which serves as a great sidedish for all ven pongals, will definitely post it in the near future.You can use the same recipe and make kuthiraivali, samai ven pongal.Check out more millet recipes that I’ve already posted.
Varagu Arisi Pongal Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Main | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Main | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Varagu Rice – 1/2 cup
Moong Dal – 3 tbsp
Water – 1 and 1/4 cups
Cashews – 5 broken
Ghee – 1 tsp
Salt – to taste
To temper:
Oil – 1 tsp
Pepper – 1/2 tsp (whole or crushed roughly)
Jeera – 1/2 tsp (whole or crushed roughly)
Curry Leaves – few
Green Chillies – 1
Ginger – 1/2 tsp chopped finely
Hing – 1/8 tsp
Method:
- Dry roast moong dal till golden brown.Transfer to pressure cooker, then Rinse the millet well,drain water and add it to cooker.Add water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles in medium flame.Switch off.
- Once pressure releases, mash up rice and dal well with a laddle.Now get ready with the tempering items…Heat oil in a pan – add the items listed under ‘ temper’ let it splutter.
- Then fry cashews in ghee and transfer both tempering and fried cashews to the pongal.Give a quick stir.
Serve hot with a drizzle of ghee on top along with chutney and sambar.
My Notes:
- I recommend serving hot / warm else it will become dry as with any pongal.
- Adjust water according to the consistency you like your pongal to be.
- Drizzle ghee, garnish with cashews while serving to give the pongal a more appealing look 🙂
- If you don’t like whole pepper corns then crush it coarsely.
jeyashri suresh says
September 11, 2014 at 11:30 amMe too made the same last week and clicked in the same pakku mattai thattu with banana leaf !!
Sindhujabalaji says
September 11, 2014 at 1:52 pmDroooling here….awesome presentation…tempted to try
Snow White says
September 12, 2014 at 7:08 amvery healthy n yummy
kalai vani says
March 15, 2015 at 10:08 amIs the water leverl given is correct because you said to get separated grains only need to add 2 to 2 1/2 cups water for one cup rice. Plz clarify
SHARMILEE J says
March 16, 2015 at 12:10 pmFor pongal the rice should be a little mushy and not grains separated and yes the measures I've written will be apt for pongal
Cecilia says
January 4, 2019 at 8:49 amThe varagu Pongal was yummy and its a healthy breakfast as well. My daughter liked it. Thank you.