Venpongal

Name: Venpongal
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Rice; 1/4 cup Green gram (Cheruparippu); 2 tbsp Milk; Turmeric powder (a pinch); Salt (As reqd); 2 nos Green chillies (finely chopped); 1/4" piece Ginger (finely chopped); 1/4 tsp Black pepper; 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/4 tsp Black gram (Uzhunnuparippu); Curry leaves; Asafoetida (a pinch, Kayam); 2 tsp Ghee; 1 tsp Oil

By vidhyavijay

• November 10, 2005

Venpongal

Breakfast made with rice and moong dhal

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Tamil

Servings people

Ingredients

1 cup Rice
1/4 cup Green gram Cheruparippu
2 tbsp Milk
Turmeric powder a pinch
Salt As reqd
2 nos Green chillies finely chopped
1/4" piece Ginger finely chopped
1/4 tsp Black pepper
1/4 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Black gram Uzhunnuparippu
Curry leaves
Asafoetida a pinch, Kayam
2 tsp Ghee
1 tsp Oil

Instructions

Cook green gram/moong dhal and rice by adding 3 cups of water and required amount of milk in a pressure cooker.
Add salt and turmeric powder to it and cook.
Heat ghee and oil in a pan.
Fry all the other ingredients and mix it well with the rice and moong dhal.
:- Serve hot with sambar and chutney.

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Response (7)

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Sab September 22, 2007

When making pongal, always stick to black pepper. Its the healthy and right way.

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F May 3, 2006

Your receipe is for venpongal(meaning white pongal)…doesnt adding turmeric make it yellow

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savitha December 5, 2006

bad

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sreejith December 30, 2008

thanks venu , very nice breakfast

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Sudeshna May 26, 2006

Tried this out without using that many chillies and it has come out well. Also easy to cook for breakfast.

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Sabina November 22, 2005

Dear Vidhya Mol,

I am very happy to see your name in the Web. I tried your recipe its really mouth watering .

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Leo November 22, 2005

Really very hot .SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS . Next time try to change the Recipe .

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