Pongal

Payaswini's Recipes





Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1 cup yellow mung beans (moong dal)
2 tbsp. coconut
1 tbsp. pepper corns
1 tbsp. cumin seeds
1 tbsp. ghee
6-8 curry leaves
1/2 tsp. asafoetida
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
Salt to taste
For Seasoning:
1 tsp. oil
1/2 tsp. mustard seeds
1-2 red chillies
Method:
Dry roast the moong dal until light brown. Wash rice and moong dal together and drain.
Put rice, moong dal and all the above ingredients in the rice cooker container.

Add 2 cups water, cover the cooker and let the rice cook.
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it pops add red chillies and fry it.
Add this seasoning to the cooked rice and mix well.
Serve hot with chutney.