Recipe: Appetizing Ven Pongal/ Kara Pongal

Ven Pongal/ Kara Pongal.

You can have Ven Pongal/ Kara Pongal using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Ven Pongal/ Kara Pongal

1. Prepare 2 cups of raw rice.
2. You need 1 cup of moong dhal.
3. It's 8 cups of water.
4. You need 1 1/2 cup of milk.
5. You need For of Tempering--.
6. You need 2 tsp of cumin / jerram seeds.
7. You need 2 tsp of crushed pepper.
8. It's 3 sprigs of curry leaves.
9. Prepare 3 tbspn of cashews.
10. You need 2 tbspn of ginger (chopped).
11. It's 1/2 cup of ghee.

Ven Pongal/ Kara Pongal instructions

1. Wash moong dhal 3 times.In a pressure cooker, add 3 tspn ghee and roast moong dhal till raw smell disappears. Add the washed rice and water..
2. Add salt and turmeric powder. Cook for 4- 5 whistles. Cool completely and open..
3. Add milk and mix well. Check salt. For tempering heat the remaining ghee add pepper and cumin seeds..
4. After it cracks add ginger and cashews. Roast till cashews are golden. Finally add curry leaves and turn off the stove..
5. Add tempering to pongal and mix well. Serve hot with sambar and coconut chutney..