Wednesday, January 12, 2011

sweet pongal

ingredients
1.raw rice-1 cup
2.green gram dhal-1/4 cup
3.jaggery-1/4 cup
4.ghee or vanaspathy-2 tblsp
5.cashew-3 or 4
6.elaichi-1 powdered or elaichi essence-1 drop
7.milk-if desired
Method
1. combine and boil rice and dhal as usual
2.dissolve jaggery in 1/4 cup water and boil over fire till it becomes very thick add elaichi powder
3.add with rice mixture,if it is still very watery keep on fire for some more time,keep stirring
4.in a pan add ghee ,add cashew ,fry till cashew becomes light brown,add to rice mixture
5.if only essence is available,add it after removing from fire.
6.after removing from fire it may become thick,so remove when it is still bit loose.
7. sweet pongal is ready to be served

pongal

Ingredients
1.raw rice-1cup
2.green gram dhal-1/4 cup
3.ghee or vanaspathy-2 tblsp
4.cashew-4or5
5.asafoetida-a pinch
6.cumin seeds-1/4 tsp
7.black pepper-a few
8.ginger-grate or finely cut-1/2 tsp
9.curry leaves-few
10.salt-as desired
Method
1.add rice and dhal and wash
2.boil in oven as usual
3.dissolve enough salt and asafoetida in 1/4 cup water and add this to the boiled rice and mix well
4.in a pan add ghee or vanaspathy,add cumin,pepper and cashew
5.when cashew becomes brown add rice mixture and ginger and curry leaves,mix well and remove from fire ,pongal is ready to be served.
p.s;if der is no chutney,can be eaten with pickle.