VEN PONGAL
Popular South Indian breakfast dish prepared mainly with rice and lentils. Ideal dish for any time of the day. Can be served with spicy chutney and vatral-kozhambu (spicy and sour sauce).
Provided by Mojo jojo
Categories Beans and Rice
Time 37m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat; add rice and lentils. Cook and stir until toasted and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Rinse.
- Place rice-lentil mixture, 1 tablespoon ghee, and salt in a rice cooker or pressure cooker; add water. Cook according to manufacturer's instructions until rice and lentils are tender and the consistency of a paste, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir and mash into a fine paste.
- Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add black pepper and cumin seeds; cook until seeds start to pop, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir cumin mixture into rice-lentil mixture.
- Tear curry leaves roughly and stir into rice-lentil mixture; stir in ginger. Season with salt.
- Heat remaining 1 tablespoon ghee in a skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir cashews until toasted and fragrant, 2 to 4 minutes. Garnish rice-lentil mixture with toasted cashews.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 308.1 calories, Carbohydrate 40.9 g, Cholesterol 24.6 mg, Fat 13.9 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 6.8 g, Sodium 103.9 mg, Sugar 0.5 g
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