Green Gram Pongal

Pongal is a famous dish in South Indian cuisine. I have slightly made a small variation in this dish. Yes, this yummy and special Green Gram Pongal is delicious dish.

This goes very well with sambar/chutney…

Ingredients

Basmati Rice - 1 cup

Green gram - 3/4 cup

Finely Chopped Ginger – 2 tsp

Salt to taste

(To Temper)

Pepper -2 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Asafoetida/Hing - a pinch
Curry leaves - few
Ghee – 2 tsp

Cashew – 3 tsp

Method

Wash & Soak green gram overnight. Then soak basmati rice at least for 30 min.

Then pressure cook rice and gram with 1 tsp of ghee and together with 5 cups of water for 4 to 5 whistles. The rice should be mushy.
Once it done, allow it to cool. In a pan, heat ghee. Add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few sec.

Add the tempering ingredients to rice and mix well. Add melted ghee on top of it.

Serve hot with sambar/chutney/kurma…