Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, ven pongal. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Ven Pongal is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Ven Pongal is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook ven pongal using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ven Pongal:

1. Make ready 3/4 cup Raw rice / pacha arisi -
2. Make ready 1/4 cup Moong dal / paasi paruppu -
3. Get 4 cups Water -
4. Make ready to taste Salt -
5. Make ready 6   to 8 tbsps Ghee -
6. Prepare 15   to 20 nos Cashew nut -
7. Make ready To temper
8. Make ready 2 tsps Peppercorn / milagu -
9. Get 2 tsps Jeera -
10. Make ready 8 to 10 nos Curry leaves -
11. Get 1/2 tsp Ginger crushed - (optional)
12. Prepare 1 pinch perungayam Asofoetida  / powder -  (optional)

Instructions to make Ven Pongal:

1. Wash raw rice and moong dal together in a vessel and drain water completely.
2. In a pressure cooker, add the raw rice and moong dal with 4 cups of water and cook for 5 to 6 whistles. This makes the rice and dal mixture very soft.
3. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
4. Add ghee in a kadai and fry the cashew nuts to golden brown and remove. Keep aside, to add at the last to garnish
5. In the remaining ghee, add peppercorns, jeera, curry leaves.
6. Adding asofoetida and crushed ginger is optional at this stage.
7. Add the cooked raw rice and moong dal mixture
8. Add salt required. You can add extra ghee to glaze the whole mixture.
9. Garnish with fried cashew nuts and serve.

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