Pongal

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Ingredients:

• Rice:1 cup


• Green gram(moong dal):1/4 cup.


• pepper:1tsp.


• Jeera:1 tsp.


• Ghee:1/4 cup.


• Bay leaves:5


• cashew: 10


• water:6 cups.


• onion:1 medium sized.


• salt:adjust to taste.

Procedure:

• Wash rice and green gram .


• cut the onion into long and thin pieces


• Grind pepper roughly.


• Heat ghee in a pressure cooker and add ground pepper and then jeera,bay leaves,cashew nuts,onion.


• Fry until the cashew turns into light golden brown.


• Now add green gram,rice and fry for two minutes.


• Now add water and salt and then pressure cook.


• Now the pongal is ready.


• coconut chutney or sambar is the good combination of pongal.