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Ven Pongal..

Ingredients: 1. Raw Rice- 1 cup 2. Moong dhal- 1/2 cup 3. Cumin seeds, pepper corns- 1 tbsp each 4. Dry ginger powder- 1/2 tbsp 5. Ghee - As required. Procedure: 1. In a dry pan, roast the raw rice and moong dhal mildly (just very mildly). 2. Then add 1:2 cups of water and pressure cook for 3 whistles. 3. Add ghee in a dry pan, add cumin and pepper corn seeds, curry leaves, dry ginger powder and add this to the cooked raw rice and moong dhal mixture. 4. Add salt and mix well. Serve with Chutney/ Sambar/ Pitlay (see my blog:))-)

Puli Pongal or Tamarind Pongal

1.Take 1 cup of Raw rice. Rinse in water. 2.Take a big lemon size of tamarind and extract the juice.Add 2 cups of tamarind juice to 1cup of rice. 3,Now saute mustard, redchillies,turmeric powder,curry leaves chenna dhal and asafoetida and add to the rice and tamarind juice mixture. 4. Pressure cook for 4 whistles. 5. Add salt, 1 tbsp of gingelly oil and serve with Pappadam