This is one of the veryvery easy dish and we usually prepare for breakfast.
1 Cup Rice
1/4 Cup Moong dal
1 Spoon Black Pepper
1 Spoon Cumin Seeds
1 Inch Ginger piece
Curry Leaves
A pinch of Asafetida
Salt
Ghee to prepare pongal (aprox. 1/4 cup)
Turmeric powder (optional)
10 - 12 Cashew nuts
Wash rice and dal. Pure 2 1/2 or 3 cups of water and keep in a pressure cooker. Add chopped ginger, turmeric powder, whole black pepper, cumin seeds and asafetida
Pour ghee in a pan and add cashew nuts and curry leaves and fry
Add to the rice mixture and mix well.
Now the tasty ven pongal is ready.
Note: You can also powder black pepper and cumin seeds and fry them in ghee. Add this to pongal. This will give you a different pongal.