Pongal varieties :

Ven Pongal

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Ingredients: Raw Rice-1 cup Moongdal-1/4 cup Bell pepper-1/2 tbs Ginger(thumb size)-chop the ginger into small pieces Curry leaves-few nos Ghee-1 tbs Cumin -1 tsp Cashews-few nos Salt-As required Method: Pressure[...]

Ven Pongal

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Ven Pongal is a breakfast menu usually had with sambhar, coconut chutney and medhu vadai. It is very easy to prepare and it tastes great. But when you have an important job to do please avoid Ven Pongal because it makes you sleepy.[...]

Ven Pongal

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Ingredients: Rice - 2 cups Moong dal - 3/4 cup Turmeric powder - a pinch Salt - to taste Ginger - 1 inch piece (chopped) Green chilli - 1 Black pepper - 1 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbsp Curry leaves - a few Cashewnuts - a few Ghee - as required[...]

Ven Pongal

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A couple of days ago,I was browsing through my blog archives and I was surprised to to find that I had missed writing about ?Ven pongal?! ?Ven Pongal? or simply ?Pongal? is one of the famous breakfast dishes in South India.It forms trio with Idli[...]

Ven Pongal

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Ven Pongal is a typical tamil breakfast. It is a part of the menu in almost all south-indian restaurants. it is made with rice and lentils so it keeps you full until lunch. It is a combination of rice and split moong dal seasoned with whole[...]

Rava Pongal

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Ingredients  : Rava      : 1 cup Moong dal  : 1/2 cup Pepper       : 1/2 tsp Jeera         : 1/2 tsp[...]

Sweet Pongal

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Ingredients: Raw rice -1 cup Moong Dal-1 cup Grated jaggery -1/2 cup Cashews -10-15 nos Cardamom powder -1/2 tsp Dried raisins -10 nos Ghee-1 tbs Water-3 cups Method :[...]

Barley Pongal

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I should admit that, this is the very first time I cooked barley. Though aware about the health benefits of Barley, somehow it was not introduced in to our regular cooking. I got this recipe from Geetha Achal's Blog . I made very minor[...]

Enga Veetu Pongal

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???? ??????? ??? ?????????????!Looking back, sakkarai pongal (sweet pongal) was the first post in this blog! That was my thalai pongal and I had hardly learnt to cook!It was the first time I made pongal and it turned out quite okay!! The above[...]

Kattu Pongali (Rice Pongal)

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What I used: Rice : 1 cup Split green gram dal : 1/2 cup Cashews : 2 to 3 tbsp Ginger : 1/2 inch (finely chopped) Pepper corns : 1 tsp Cumin seeds : 1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds: 1/2 tsp Ground pepper : 1/4 tsp Curry leaves : a few (I didn't[...]