Pongal

Preparation time-25mins
Serves-2
Ingredients:
1 cup yellow moong dal
2 cups rice
2 green chillies
2 pinches turmeric
2 sps jeera
1 sp black pepper
50gms ginger
3 pinches salt
2 sps cashew nuts
4 sps ghee
Method:

1. Wash rice and moong dal with water.
2. Adding turmeric,cook dal and rice in the same bowl under pressure for 3 whistles.
3. Add 1/2 glass more water than normal amount of water you use to cook rice.This makes the cooked mix smoother.
4. Meanwhile chop ginger and chillies finely.
5. Grind pepper into a coarse powder.
6. As dal and rice are cooked,add salt and blend it to smooth using a paddle when steaming.
   
7. Heat a deep pan,warm ghee in it.
8. Reduce heat.Fry cashews into honey color.Add jeera,chillies and ground pepper.Saute for a minute.
9. Switch off the heat.Add the blended dal and rice to this pan and mix evenly.
10. Serve hot.Tastes excellent and easy to prepare.Best when you have with peanut chutney.Worth trying!