melagu pongal

Name: Melagu Pongal
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian - Tamil
Ingredients: 2 cup white rice; 2 cup Moong Dal; 1 tbsp Chana dal; 1 tbsp jeera; 1 tbsp black crushed pepper; 2 inch ginger; 5 unit/count green chillies; 2 sprig curry leaves; 4 cup water; 4 tbsp sunflower oil; 3 tsp salt

This variety of pongal dish is a spicy variant prepared with moong dal.

@asha-ravindran

Cooking Time

15min

Prep Time

5 min

Serves

Categories

Breakfast

Cooking tools used

Rice Cooker

Cuisines

Indian - Tamil

Ingredients

Main Section

white rice

2 cup

Moong Dal

2 cup

Chana dal

1 tbsp

jeera

1 tbsp

black crushed pepper

1 tbsp

ginger

2 inch

green chillies

5 unit/count

curry leaves

2 sprig

water

4 cup

sunflower oil

4 tbsp

salt

3 tsp

Authors Directions

Step 1

soak rice n moong dal separately in water for 10 mins.clean both.

Step 2

Transfer both to a pressure cooker.Add water. season in oil chana dal, jeera, pepper , chopped ginger n green chillies. Also add curry leaves. Transfer the seasoned items to the cooker n add salt. cook for 4 whistles.

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