Ven Pongal

Ingredients :

Raw rice

Green gram dal

Ghee

Black pepper

Cumin seeds

Salt

Water

Broken cashew nuts

Finely cut ginger

Milk

Method of Preparation:

Wash rice and dal and cook them together in five cups of water for 10 minutes. Add salt, curry leaves and ginger with half a cup of milk. Simmer for a minute and remove from fire.

Fry cashew nuts, pepper and cumin seeds in ghee. Pour this over the rice- dal mixture, mix well and serve steaming hot with ghee on top.