India

Ven Pongal

Name: Ven Pongal
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 200 g Rice; 100 g Skinned mung dal; 3 tbsp Ghee; 1 tsp each Black pepper & cumin; 1 piece Ginger; 2 tbsp Cashews; 1 sprig Curry leaves

South Indian creamy rice-and-lentil porridge

Pongal is a South Indian rice dish that also gives its name to the harvest festival. The savoury version is called ven pongal.

Rice and mung dal are cooked creamy and finished with a ghee-roasted tadka of pepper, cumin, ginger and cashews.

Servings3

Time40 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Rice200 g
Skinned mung dal100 g
Ghee3 tbsp
Black pepper & cumin1 tsp each
Ginger1 piece
Cashews2 tbsp
Curry leaves1 sprig

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Toast the mung dal briefly, cook soft and creamy with rice and water.
Heat ghee, roast the cashews golden in it.
Bloom pepper, cumin, ginger and curry leaves in the ghee.
Stir the tadka through the porridge.
Serve with coconut chutney and sambar.

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Mung dal and ghee for pongal are in the Asia Boutique.

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