Khara Pongal is traditional South Indian breakfast recipe. As mentioned in my earlier post Sweet and Khara pongal is essentially made on the occasion of Makara Sankranti . On a any busy day it is also a quick saviour because it can be prepared quickly. Here is detailed recipe of Khara Pongal.
Post Ad
Khara Pongal
2017-01-16 15:14:31
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
40 min
Ingredients
- 1.Basmathi rice 1/2 cup (any variant will do except dosa/idli rice)
- 2.Moong dal 1 tbsp less than1/2 cup
- 3.Ghee 4 tbsp
- 4.Black pepper corns 2-3 tsp
- 5.Green chillies 2 small
- 6.Ginger 1/2 inch grated
- 7.Curry leaves 1 strand
- 8.Bay leaf 1 (optional)
- 9.Mustard seeds 1tsp
- 10.Cumin seeds 1 tsp
- 11.Salt
- 12.Cashew nuts 4-5
Instructions
- Thoroughly Wash rice and moong daal.
- In a cooker heat 2 tsp of ghee, fry rice and moong daal till aromatic. This would take approx 10 minutes on a low flame.
- Add water and pressure cook till the rice is soft and mushy. 1 or 2 whistles extra from your regular cooking.
- Once the pressure subsides gently mash the rice and daal.
- If you like rice to be grainy then need not mash but cook rice really soft.
- Keep aside.
- In a pan, heat ghee.Add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
- Next add cumin seeds, grated ginger, peppercorns, curry leaves ,cashew nuts and fry till fragrant .
- Add rice and daal mixture, salt and half cup of water and mix well.
- Close the lid and let the pongal simmer for 2-4 minutes on low flame.
- Pongal is ready to be served.
TheIndianFlavour https://theindianflavour.com/
