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South Indian style khara pongal.

You can cook South Indian style khara pongal using 21 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of South Indian style khara pongal

1. Prepare 4 small bowls (around 150gms) of Rice -.
2. You need 100 gms of ghee.
3. You need 5 small bowls (around 180 gms) of Without chilka yellow moong daal -.
4. Prepare 10-12 of whole black pepper.
5. You need 5-6 inch of giner finely chopped or grated.
6. It's as needed of Few cashew pieces.
7. It's 1/2 tsp of Jeera seeds.
8. It's 5-6 of Whole red chillies.
9. Prepare 5-6 of Curry leaves.
10. You need 1 tsp of Haldi powder (optional).
11. Prepare as per taste of Salt -.
12. It's of For chutney -.
13. It's 1/2 cup of chana daal,.
14. It's 1/2 cup of raw peanuts.
15. It's 3-4 of whole red chillies.
16. It's 5-6 of garlic pods.
17. You need as needed of Few tamarind pieces.
18. You need of For tadka to chutney -.
19. Prepare 5-6 of curry leaves,.
20. Prepare 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds,.
21. Prepare 2-3 tsp of oil.

South Indian style khara pongal step by step

1. Soak moong deal and rice in above mentioned quantity for 4-5 hrs.
2. Keep all dry ingredients ready.
3. In a cooker,add ghee,once hot add jeera,chopped ginger, and black pepper.
4. When sauted,next add in water,daal,rice,salt and haldi(optional).Water should be 4 times of daal and rice..
5. Take around 4-5 whistles in high flame then lower the flame for another 5 minutes.Switch off the gas..
6. Next add in the tadka of cashews,curry leaves,red chillies.
7. Pongal is ready.
8. For chutney- saute chana daal,peanuts, garlic,red chillies and tamarind..
9. Add salt and grind.
10. Give a fresh tadka of fresh curry leaves and mustard seeds.
11. Serve hot with drizzle of ghee and chutney.