Pongal

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Ingredients

1 cup rice

1’4 Green gram dal

1 cup Brown sugar /guud

1 cup Milk

2 tbs Ghee

5 Cardamom

Cashew and raisin

1 / 2 cup Grated Coconut

Direction

Cook the rice and dhal together adding 3cups of water and one cup of milk in a cooker, and mash it well.

In a heavy-bottomed vessel add ¼ cup water and the brown sugar and keep it on a low flame.

When the brown sugar melts completely, strain and remove .

Add the mashed rice and dhal mixture to the brown sugar syrup stirring slowly. Then add grated coconut and crushed cardamom.Heat another vessel with ghee. Fry the cashew first and then add the raisin.

Add this fried cashew, raisin and rest of the ghee to the above mixture. Your sweet pongal is ready to serve.

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Ingredients

1 cup rice

¼ cup Green gram dhal

small piece of Ginger

1/ 2 tsp Cumin seed / zeera

½ tsp whole Black pepper

1 spring Curry leaves

Ghee- 2 tablespoons

2 tbs Cashew nut

salt

Direction

cook rice and dhal together till done, adding ½ teaspoon salt.

Pour ghee in a pan and add finely chopped ginger and then the cumin seeds, pepper and curry leaves with cashew nuts.

Then add the mashed rice, dhal mixture to this and stir for a few minutes on a low flame.Your pongal is ready to serve…