Ven Pongal is a very popular south Indian dish which is mostly prepared for breakfast. But you can have this for night supper too. It is also served as prasadam in many temples in India. It takes less than 30 minutes to prepare this Pongal and taste excellent with sambar or chutney.
Usually, we serve this Pongal with peanut chutney and brinjal sambar.
STEP BY STEP PICTURES OF MAKING VEN PONGAL
Ingredients:
- Rice-1cup
- Moong dal-½cup
- Cumin seeds-1tsp
- Peppercorns -1tsp
- Cashew nuts-2tbsp
- Asafoetida-¼tsp
- Finely Chopped ginger -1tsp
- Ghee -3tbsp
- Curry leaves a handful
Preparation:
Heat a pan and dry roast the rice, dal for 1-2 minutes on low flame.
Next, wash and soak the dal, rice in enough water for 10-15 minutes.
Take a pressure, add the soaked rice and dal along with 4 cups of water and salt. Mix well and cook on medium flame for 3 whistles.
Once the pressure is released, Mix the Pongal well.
Now heat a small pan with ghee, add cumin seeds, peppercorns, cashew nuts, ginger along with asafoetida.
When cumin seeds begin to crackle add curry leaves and switch off the flame.
Pour this mixture onto cooked Pongal and mix well.
Enjoy this delicious and healthy Venpongal with your favourite chutney.
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Ven Pongal Recipe | How To Make Ven Pongal
Ingredients
- Rice-1cup
- Moong dal-½cup
- Cumin seeds-1tsp
- Peppercorns -1tsp
- Cashew nuts-2tbsp
- Asafoetida-¼tsp
- Finely chopped ginger – 1tsp
- Ghee -3tbsp
- Curry leaves a handful
Instructions
- Heat a pan and dry roast the rice, dal for 1-2 minutes on low flame.
- Next, wash and soak the dal, rice in enough water for 10-15 minutes.
- Take a pressure, add the soaked rice and dal along with 4 cups of water and salt. Mix well and cook on medium flame for 3 whistles.
- Once the pressure is released, Mix the Pongal well.
- Now heat a small pan with ghee, add cumin seeds, peppercorns, ginger, cashew nuts along with asafoetida.
- When cumin seeds begin to crackle add curry leaves and switch off the flame.
- Pour this mixture onto cooked Pongal and mix well.
- Enjoy this delicious and healthy Venpongal with your favourite chutney.
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This is exactly how i make ven pongal. Looks yummy
I've never heard of ven pongal but it looks delicious!!
Thank you Ai, it is a south Indian breakfast and very easy to prepare.
Ven pongal is a filling breakfast. Nice presentation.
I can have this daily for breakfast. With sambar chutney and vada, this tastes divine.
Ven Pongal ,Can never get tired of this.... I usually make atleast once in a week...
We too make it the same way and love this version moong khichdi very much. A delicious and filling meal.
We just had it for dinner tonight 🙂 Just the same way you made. Love the comfort food.
Love ven pongal be it for lunch or breakfast or dinner. Comfort and filling food for me.
Is it like the North Indian Khichdi?? With sambhar and chutney it must be a flavourful treat!!
Thank you for such clear instructions. Loved the recipe. I have been using Instant Pongal Mix from True Elements - a clean label food brand and this recipe went perfect with it.
Thank you so much!
I have a hectic start everyday so I use True elements Pongal mix which can be made instantly. Try it once its really good.
Thank you,Riya