Pongal By spakala
by spakala
05 Nov 2003
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If you don't care for whole black pepper, you can use ground pepper instead.
Pongal By spakala recipe - How to make Pongal By spakala
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3 cups rice (chawal)
1/2 cup moong dal (split green gram)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
cashewnuts (kaju)
7 to 8 black peppercorns (kalimirch)
1 tsp finely chopped ginger (adrak)
1/8 tsp asafoetida (hing)
salt to taste
2 tbsp butter / ghee
6 cups water
Method
- Wash and drain rice and daal.
- In a cooker or frying pan fry the cumin seeds in butter/ghee.
- Add ginger, black pepper, cashews and hing.
- Then add rice and daal, salt to taste and 6 cups water.
- Cook in pressure cooker for 10 minutes.
- Serve with sambar.
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