Barley Pongal:. Dry roast barley then coarsely grind. Heat pan, add barley, dry roasted moong dal & water. Hi friends I m again back with a healthy recipe.
Illustration of Happy Pongal greeting background.
Well it's a harvest festival and people decorate their houses with pongal kolams.
South Indian king of breakfasts Ven Pongal / Khara Pongal.
You can cook Barley Pongal: using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Barley Pongal:
- It's 2 cups of - Barley Rawa/ grits.
- It's 1 cup of - Green gram/moong dal.
- Prepare 2 of - Green chillies.
- It's 1/2 inch of -Ginger.
- You need 3 of table spoons - Grated coconut.
- It's As needed of Ghee – (to serve).
- It's of Seasoning:.
- Prepare 1 table spoon of - Ghee.
- You need 1 tea spoon of - Mustard.
- You need 1/2 tea spoon of - Cumin.
- Prepare 1/4 tea spoon of - Hing.
- Prepare 1 sprig of Curry leaves.
Rice and dal/lentils cooked and tempered with cumin, pepper, ginger and ghee. Ven pongal or khara pongal is the name given to the savory version. Venn Pongal is a traditional SouthIndian breakfast dish. I love to do VenPongal as it is very easy and quick.
Barley Pongal: step by step
- Dry roast moong dal for 2 to 3 minutes..
- Wash moong and barley grits together and keep aside for a while..
- In the meantime, prepare for the seasoning. Take one cooker vessel, do seasoning, heat ghee, splutter mustard, add cumin, hing, curry leaves, chopped green chillies, chopped ginger (slivered) and fry for two min..
- Add water (around 8 to 9 cups) and boil. Add salt, coconut gratings and keep it for boiling..
- Add soaked dal and barley mixture and close the cooker lid..
- Cook for 3 whistles and switch off the gas..
- When pressure releases, open the cooker lid, give a stir and adjust the consistency..
- Pour a couple of spoons of ghee to enhance the taste or you can completely skip the ghee if you are into low calorie diet.Serve with coconut-ginger flavoured chutney..
We should be generous in using ghee for Pongal. Pongal is one of the most popular Hindu harvest festivals in Tamilnadu, the southern part of India. It is observed intrinsically in the month of Thai. Ven pongal or khara pongal is a very popular breakfast in South India prepared with moong dal and rice. It is easoned with pepper and cumin seeds.
