There is a small hotel in Sowcarpet area in Chennai named "Krishna Prasad". The line for dosa, idli and pongal on Sundays reach the end of the street.. North Indians in Sowcarpet lineup for parcel. My family also fell for the pongal from that hotel. We die for that pongal and Katti chutney because no where else it tastes sooooooo good. Infact this time when I went for my vacation, my dad woke up early on Sunday morning and rushed to buy that pongal for me.
My mom never gets this recipe right, she always ends up making it like
parippu sadam. After my marriage, my MIL taught me to prepare pongal.
And when I taught my mom the same, she was so happy that she is getting
it perfect now :). This is a very healthy dish for kids too.
Ingredients:
Raw Rice / Pacharisi - 1 cup (i use biriyani rice / sonamasoori rice - both works well)
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Ginger - 1 Inch sized (finely chopped)
Curry leaves - 5 no's
Cashew nut - 10 no's
Whole pepper corn - 1-1/2 teaspoon
Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
Ghee - 1 tablespoon
Oil - 1-1/2 teaspoon
Asafoetida - 1/2 teaspoon
Water - 3 cups
Method:
- Wash rice and dal(until clear water runs) and soak them for 10 minutes.
- Heat oil and ghee together, add ginger and saute for few seconds.
- Add Curry leaves, Cashewnut, Pepper corn, Cumin seeds, Asafoetida and saute till cashew roasts.
- Now add water with salt and let the water boil.
- Add rice, mix well, check for salt and let it boil again.
- Once water starts boiling after adding rice, close the cooker and pressure cook upto 3 whistles.
- Open the cooker when the pressure is down and mix well(Mash them with back side of your laddle if it doesn't look mashed)
- One pot meal - Pongal is ready to serve with hot Sambar or Chutney.
Note:
- We can dry roast rice and dal and then add to pressure cooker when water boils.
- Water requirement is 1:2(for 1 cup rice its 2 cups of water), and then always add 1 extra cup for any number of rice measurements you take.
- We can use ghee / oil depending on your choice.
- We can also roast cashew in the end and add that finally after pongal is cooked.
- We can adjust water requirement according to the cooking consistency of rice used as it varies.
Am Happy to link this to Hasna's event...
My MIL makes best venpongal. Though my mom makes it well I still stick to MIL's recipe because it is easy to whip up. Looks yumm and probably we might eat this for our breakfast tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThank you radhi.True MIL's are best with pongal i hope ;)...enjoy ur breakfast tomorrow.
Deletenice clicks divya.. i like pongal with sambar..
ReplyDeleteThank you pt
Deletelovley pongal and nice clicks, Divya
ReplyDeleteThank you sona
Deleteperfect and delicious...
ReplyDeleteThank you naaz
Deletevery cool pics and yummy recipe!
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Thank you deepthi
DeleteLove to start my day with this beautiful dish, filling breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThank you priya
Deleteyummy and tempting ven pongal . will not mind to finish the plate dear :P my fav :) looks so very delicious with awesome clicks :)
ReplyDeleteThank you manjula
Deletemy colleague has been wanting to order this for me when we are in the office, unfortunately the tamil restaurants dun serve this during weekdays, dunno why!!! i'm going to try this, but i'm confused, this looks like lunch to me!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you rafee...i felt the same when i tasted this for the first time like lunch...but this is a breakfast menu in tamilnadu...i love to intake them like brunch...
DeleteI love this one.. Absolutely heavenly.. It always makes me feel very drowsy after eating this heavy breakfast :)
ReplyDeleteThank you chitz...i know they call pongal as "Thooka mathirai" - means sleeping tablet ;)
DeleteLooks delicious and yummy..
ReplyDeleteThank you shabbu
DeleteDelicious and fulfilling pongal.
ReplyDeleteDeepa
Thank you deepa
DeleteWe have pongal in restaurants and have loved it...my son loves it too..last weekend when we were having it, i promised to find the recipe and try it at home..i am bookmarking this..your's looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteThank you asha....will be very happy if you try them and let me know
DeleteLovely and I have to say that its better than those in restaurants. Tempted and the pics are amazing.
ReplyDeleteThank you navaneethan
DeleteLovely pongal, Divya!! I am your new follower. Do follow/visit my blog at-http://www.rita-bose-cooking.com/
ReplyDeleteThank you rita for stopping by....you have a lovely space too....happy to follow you back
DeleteSounds so delish Divya. Never had this. Must try it out sometime soon :)
ReplyDeleteThank you priya
DeleteI never had pongal in my life... have seen this in many blogs... nw its high time.. wonderful space Divya!! happy to follow u
ReplyDeletewud like to have this recipe fr my event, if u lik
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Thank you for stopping by hasna....i would love to link it to your event...you have a lovely space too...happy to follow you back
DeleteDelicious venpongal, Love that is is cooked in pressure cooker.
ReplyDeleteThank you swathi
Deletewow nice click and yummy recipe...
ReplyDeleteThank you dear
Deleteand glad to follow you back...
ReplyDeleteThank you again
Deletelooks yummy... first visit to ur blog... glad to follow u..
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DeleteMy family favorite Divya.. Looks delicious and yummy.. Delectable pics dear :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you nilu
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