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Ven Pongal Recipe,How To Make Khara Pongal

2016-08-01 by Anjana Chaturvedi

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Ven Pongal – A simple and delicious rice and lentil porridge from Southern India

Ven pongal is a popular breakfast of Southern India. It is made in all the southern states with little difference in the dal rice ratio. The thickness and texture also differs in each family. Pongal is also offered as Prasadam in most of the south Indian temples and tastes divine. Temple pongal is loaded with pure ghee but you can adjust the quantity of ghee at your home according to your preference.

Ven pongal is always made with yellow moong daal and short grain rice. The moong daal is often dry roasted before making the pongal and then the rice and daal are pressure cooked together to a soft porridge like consistency.

Tempering is done with cumin, peppercorn and cashewnuts. Some add whole pepper corns and some crush them slightly. Ginger imparts a delicious flavour in pongal so don’t forget to add it. Quantity of ghee added in it also make a huge difference in the taste of pongal.

Pongal is like North Indian Khichdi but a very easy and mild flavoured one. In North India we make Khichdi with different lentils and different temperings. I always make a khichdi once in a week. This pongal is usually served with coconut chutney, sambhar, ghotsu etc but I love this with lots of ghee and plain yogurt.

You can also try these delicious healthy khichdi recipes-

  • Gujarati Vaghareli Khichdi
  • Yellow moong daal khichdi
  • Tuvar daal khichdi
  • Vegetable Daliya khichdi.
  • Green Moong Khichdi

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Ven pongal Recipe, Khara Pongal

A simple and delicious rice and lentil porridge from Southern India
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time20 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast, Rice preparation, Tiffin recipes
Cuisine: South Indian Cuisine
Keyword: khara pongal, sookhi khichdi, ven pongal
Servings: 3 person
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Rice/chawal Short Grain /tukda
  • 1/4 cup Yellow Lentil / Moong Daal (dhuli huee)
  • 8 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
  • To taste Salt / Namak
  • 4 cup Water / Paani

tempering

  • 4 tbsp Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee
  • 1.5 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 2 Dried Red Chilli, Whole
  • 3 tbsp Cashew Nuts / Kaju
  • 2 tsp Peppercorns / Sabut Kali Mirch

Instructions

  • Dry roast yellow lentil/moong daal in a pan for 2-3 minutes(This step is optional but I prefer doing this )
  • Soak rice and lentil in enough wtaer for 15 minutes.
  • Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a pressure cooker and add 1/2 tsp cumin,5 curry leaves and then add the soaked rice and lentil mix.
  • Stir for a minute and then add about 4 cups of water in it.
  • Add salt and mix it and then pressure cook for 3-4 whistles on medium heat.
  • Let the pressure come down then open the cooker and give it a stir .(can add some hot water to adjust the consistency )
  • Heat ghee in a small pan and add cumin and cashew nuts and let it turn to a golden colour then add pepper corns ,curry leaves ,ginger and asafoetida.
  • Now add the tempering in the pongal and mix.
  • Serve hot with a tsp of ghee poured on top of it.
  • Serving suggestions- serve with coconut chutney ,ghotsu, sambhar or yogurt.

Notes

Note-
  1. Use any short grain or broken rice to make pongal,no need to use Basmati rice.
  2. Pressure cooking time depends on the quality of rice ,it should be soft and mushy after cooking .
  3. Pongal should be of medium thickness,neither too dry nor too watery.
  4. Quantity of cashew and peppercorns can be adjusted according to your preference.
  5. If the pongal thickens after some time just add some hot water and give it a boil to adjust the consistency.

Filed Under: Breakfast items, Rice, Pulao,Khichdi, South Indian Food, Tiffin Variety Tagged With: bachelor cooking, daal, Easy cooking, Indian food, khichdi, kids friendly, lentil, moong, no onion and garlic recipe, pongal, Rice, vegetarian

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Comments

  1. manjula bharath says

    2016-08-02 at

    Kara pongal is my fav and tastes very delicious when paired with coconut chutney 🙂

5 from 1 vote (1 rating without comment)

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