Hot pongal

Hot pongal is traditional south Indian dish usually made for breakfast.It is served as prasadam in temples. I'm not a great fan of pongal but my dear hubby loves it soo much .So I got the recipe from a friend and tried it out and to my surprise it was an instant success.Eventually I'm also developing a taste towards pongal..:)

Ingredients:

1 cup rice ,

1 cup moong dhal,

5 black peppercorns,

for seasoning:

1tsp pepper powder,

1 tsp cumin ,

4-5 green chillies,

few cashew nuts,

1 tsp mustard seeds,

1tsp urad dhal,

curry leaves,

salt to taste,

2tbs oil/ghee,

1tsp ginger finely chopped,

1tsp turmeric powder

method:

• Wash rice and moon dhal ,add the peppercorns and cook them in 6 cups water.(1:3 ratio).
• Mash the cooked rice and dhal mixture ,add salt and keep aside.
• In a heavy bottomed pan heat oil/ghee and add the cashews and fry a bit.to this add urad dhal,mustard seeds ,cumin seeds in order.
• Then add chopped ginger , green chillies and pepper powder.Add the curry leaves and turmeric powder and pour it in the rice mixture .
• Mix well and serve with ginger chutney or chutney of your choice.