Monday, March 31, 2008

Spicy Pongal

Ingredients:
Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Pepper seeds - 8 - grounded
Ginger - 1/2 inch - Chopped finely
Green chillies - 2 long - cut into thin circles
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Zeera - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Ghee - 1/2 tbsp
Salt
Water - 3 cups

Method:

  • Heat oil in a steel vessel and do the seasoning with zeera and curry leaves.
  • Add ginger, chillies, pepper powder and saute.
  • Now add pre-washed rice and dal mixture to this.
  • Add water, salt and ghee.
  • Put this vessel in pressure cooker and cook as you cook rice for 3 whistles.
You can do directly in Pressure Cooker/Pan also.

Serve this hot spicy pongal as it is or w/coconut chutney/pickle/rasam/chilli powder mix.

One of my friends in California served this with Red chilli powder mixture. She did this with red chilli powder mixed with salt, lemon juice and mustard zeera seasoning.

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