Tasty Kalyana Veetu Style Ven Pongal Recipe / Ven Pongal Recipe

Ven Pongal is one of the popular recipe n  main item with Idly, Vadai n Kesari in each n every functions in Tamilnadu During Breakfast.

Here I shared the Kalyana Veetu Style Ven Pongal Recipe. Its My Mother's Recipe😍.  It goes great with Sambar n Coconut Chutney. Easy to make within a few minutes.  Lets see the preparation

Ingredients :

Raw Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal / Paasi paruppu - 1 cup
Ginger - 2 inches (grated)
Curry leaves - 2 sprigs
Oil + Ghee - 1 tbsp + 2 tbsp
Pepper corns - 1 tbsp (crushed)
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Cashew nuts - 5 (broken)
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Water - 4 1/2 cups

Method :

In a Pressure cooker, add the washed raw rice n moong dal together with measured water with 1 tsp of cumin seeds n salt. Cook for 3 whistle in a low-medium flame. Turn-off the flame.

Once the pressure cooker cools down, open the lid n mix it well.

Heat a seasoning pan with oil n ghee in a medium flame.

Add n fry crushed pepper, 1 tsp of cumin seeds, cashew nuts, asafoetida, grated ginger for few minutes. Sprinkle curry leaves over it n turn-off the flame.

Add this seasoning over the cooked rice n moong dal.  Blend it well.

Tasty Kalyana Veetu style Ven Pongal is ready to serve.

Serve Hot with Sambar, Coconut Chutney n Tomato Spicy Chutney.

Love Cook Joy.