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Ven Pongal

Jun 2, 2010 45 min
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Ven Pongal
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Preparation Time
30 min to 1 hour
Difficulty
Easy
Occasion
General
Recipe Type
Breakfast
Cuisine
South Indian

Ven Pongal is a very famous tiffin dish in Southern India. Pongal festival is to celebrate the harvest festival. It is a festival that is spread over four days. Pongal in tamil means something that is overflowing. The act of boiling over of milk in the clay pot is considered to denote future prosperity for the family.

Ingredients

Ingredient Quantity Calories (kcal) Fat (g) Cholesterol (mg)
Rice
Rice
1 cup 730 1.32
Moong Dal
Moong Dal
0.5 cup 299.39
Water
Water
3 cup 0
Cashew Nut
Cashew Nut
10 nos 165.3 13.2
Curry Leaves
Curry Leaves
2 spring 6.42
Whole Pepper
Whole Pepper
1 tablespoon 15
Cumin Seed
Cumin Seed
0.5 tablespoon 11.4 0.63
Ginger
Ginger
1 teaspoon 10.92
Ghee
Ghee
3 tablespoon 744.3 80.64 20.97
Red Chili
Red Chili
4 nos 28.8 0.28
Total 2011.53 96.07 20.97

Preparation Method

  1. 01 Add little Ghee to a kadai and fry the moon dhal for few minutes and leave it aside.
  2. 02 Add the remaining Ghee to the pressure cooker.
  3. 03 Add Curry Leaves, Whole Pepper, Cumin Seed and Dry red chili and fry for 1 minutes.
  4. 04 Add finely Ginger and Cashew Nut nut and fry for a while.
  5. 05 Add the fried Moong Dal and Raw Rice and fry for few second.
  6. 06 Add Salt and Water close the pressure cooker and leave for 4 whistle.
  7. 07 When pressure is released open the cooker and mix well.
  8. 08 Serve hot with Coconut chutney and sambar.
  9. 09 Goes well with Medu Vada.

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