Venpongal

Name: Venpongal
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup Raw Rice; 3/4 cup moong Dal; 1 inch Ginger; 1 tsp Black pepper powder; 1 tsp cumin seed; as needed cashew; 1 cup Butter; to taste Salt; 1 cup Grated coconut; 1/4 cup roasted gram; 1 green chilli; to taste Salt

Sharadha Sanjeev @cook_14983001

Chennai

Vennai means butter in tamil,since pongal is made out of butter,the name has been derived as venpongal!!

Sharadha Sanjeev @cook_14983001

Chennai

Vennai means butter in tamil,since pongal is made out of butter,the name has been derived as venpongal!!

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Ingredients

30 minutes

6 people

1 1/4 cupRaw Rice
3/4 cupmoong Dal
1 inchGinger
1 tspBlack pepper powder
1 tspcumin seed
as neededcashew
1 cupButter
to tasteSalt
Tenga (coconut)chutney
1 cupGrated coconut
1/4 cuproasted gram
1green chilli
to tasteSalt

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Wash rice and dal and drain it,take cooker add butter,chop ginger into small cubes and roast it in the butter,add pepper and fry them,then add cumin seeds and allow them to splutter,add asafoetida,curry leaf,and now add washed and drained rice and dal and saute it.
2

Add salt as per the taste and add 7 to 8 cups of water and wait upto 5 to 6 whistles,and switch off the flame.
3

Since the ginger and cumin is added to the pongal,it gives good aroma.Serve it with coconut chutney.