Ingredients

• 1 cup - Rice
• 1/4 cup - Moong dal
• 1/2 - 1 tsp Jeera
• 1/2-1 tsp - Peppercorns
• 1/2 tsp - Pepper (Powdered fresh)
• A few cashew nuts - Broken
• 1/2 cup - Desiccated coconut
• A pinch of turmeric powder
• Ghee

How to Make Traditional pongal

• Fry the moong dal a little till you get a light flavour.
• Mix the dal with the rice, add 2 -3 cups of water (the rice should cook until very, very soft).
• Add turmeric powder, coconut, a few peppercorns and a 1-2 tsp of ghee to the rice and pressure cook till done.
• When done, heat some ghee in a kadai with jeera, pepper corns and cashewnuts.
• Add the cooked rice mixture, pepper powder, salt and mix well with the ghee and jeera/cashewnuts.
• The pongal is ready.