Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pongal. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pongal (பொங்கல், / ˈθaɪˈpoʊŋʌl /, also spelled Poṅkal) is a multi-day Tamil harvest festival of South India, particularly in the Tamil community. Pongal or huggi is a popular South Indian rice dish. In Tamil "pongal" means "bubbling up". In Telugu and Kannada, pongali is a dish of rice mixed with boiled milk and sugar.
Pongal is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Pongal is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pongal using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pongal:
- Make ready 1 glass yellow moong dhal
- Prepare 1/2 glass basmati rice
- Make ready 1/2 inch ginger juliennes
- Make ready 2 Green chilli juliennes
- Take 1 pinch Hing little bit
- Get 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready 1 handful Curry pata
- Prepare 2 tsp Coconut
It marks the auspicious beginning of Uttarayan, which is the beginning of the sun's journey northwards. Pongal is a popular South Indian Rice and Lentil dish. The Savory Pongal is known as Ven Pongal, Khara Pongal or Ghee Pongal. The sweet pongal is known as Sakkarai Pongal and you can find an incredibly delicious recipe for it in The Essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook.
Steps to make Pongal:
- First keep all these ingredients ready on a plate then grind the coconut in a small jar keep aside. In a small pan add oil jeera pepper ginger green chilli curry leaves hing and curry pata.
- Grind the coconut to this texture.
- Now wash the moong dhal and rice 3 times add six glasses of water and add the tadka and coconut to it. Do not add salt at this stage.
- Pressure cook it for seven whistle let it cool and take it out. Then mix well till they are mushy. Add salt at this stage, serve hot with onion raita.
The Savory Pongal is known as Ven Pongal, Khara Pongal or Ghee Pongal. The sweet pongal is known as Sakkarai Pongal and you can find an incredibly delicious recipe for it in The Essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook. Easy Pongal Recipe: Make the easy and delicious pongal recipe for festivals at home using ingredients like rice, ghee, moong dal, black pepper, ginger paste, turmeric, cumin seeds, cashews and more on Times Food Pongal is a popular South Indian food prepared with rice & moong dal, either to a sweet or savory dish. Ven pongal or khara pongal is the name given to the savory version. Popular South Indian breakfast dish prepared mainly with rice and lentils.
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