Recipe Name: Pongal

Recipe Name: Pongal

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 4

Ingredients: 

• 2 cups raw rice
• 1/2 cup moong dal
• 1/2 cup grated coconut
• 3/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp jeera powder
• 1/2 tsp jeera
• 2 tbsp pepper
• 2 tbsp ghee 
• 1 red chilli (broken into halves)
• 10-12 curry leaves
• Salt to taste

How to cook?

1. Add raw rice, moong dal, turmeric powder and salt in a pressure cooker and cook them well.
2. Mix the grated coconut to the above mixture.
3. Heat ghee in a pan.
4. Add pepper, jeera, jeera powder, red chilli and curry leaves and saute it for about 15 seconds.
5. Add this to the above mixture and mix well.
6. Serve hot with coconut chutney.