Ingredients

• 2 cups raw rice
• 1 cup split yellow moong dal
• A pinch of hing
• Curry leaves
• 1 tbsp whole peppercorns
• 5 green chillies
• 2 tsp chopped ginger
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• Salt to taste
• 6 to 7 tbsp ghee or clarified butter

How to Make Delicious Venn Pongal

• Roast rice and dal slightly till hot to touch, wash and keep aside.
• In a pressure pan, heat 2 tbsp of ghee, throw in the peppercorns, a few curry leaves and the hing.
• Mix the rice and dal in the pan with 8 cups of water and remove from fire after 3 whistles.
• Crush ginger, chillies and jeera.
• Heat the remaining ghee, and when hot, put the crushed items and stir for a while.
• Open the pan, mash the rice mixture with crushed items and add salt to taste.