khara pongal/katte pongali/venn pongal

Serves 3 to 4
Ingredients
1 cup of Moong Daal
2 cups of Rice
2 tbsp of ghee/oil
1/2 tsp of pepper corns
1/2 tsp of Cumin Seeds
1/2 tsp of mustard seeds
few curry leaves
2 or 3 Chopped Green Chilli (as per your spice levels)
1/2 tsp of Turmeric Powder
8-9 cups of water
8 Roasted cashewnuts
Salt to taste

Preparations:
Wash moong daal and the rice and soak it for about 30 minutes.

Procedure:
1.Take a pressure cooker and heat oil/ghee in it.
2.Add mustard seeds and when they start crackle ,add cumin seeds and then add green chillies ,pepper corns,curry leaves and fry for a a minute and add turmeric powder
3.Now add the soaked moong dal and rice and fry it for 2 to 3 minutes
And then add water,salt and pressure cook for about 3 whistles
4.After the whistle is down, finally mix cashewnuts and your pongal is ready

Serve it with coconut /groundnut chutney and it will be yum... yum....... yummy......

Varation:You can add few ginger pieces to oil before you add rice and moong dal