different for us. In our family, all my cousins / niece/ nephew of my generation who is the first kid in the family don’t like Pongal or Curd….
For me this one even though I call it Pongal because of ingredients we are using in this, it has different taste than traditional ven pongal (plain one without the dhal) also I use higher propostion of dhal normally to give different flavour.
Ingredients
Oats – 1/2 cup (Use Rolled oats). Today I run out of it so I used normal oats
Moong Dhal (Split Green gram dhal without skin)- 1/4 cup ( I hv added more as I like more dhal in pongal)
Fresh ginger – 1 inch
Salt – 1/2 teaspoon or as per taste
Oil – 1 teaspoons
Whole Black pepper – 1 teaspoon
cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
Curry leaves – few
Dry Red Chillies – 1
Green Chillies – 2 slit into 2
Cashew Nut – 5 to 6(Optional)
In a dry kadai put oats and fry just hot to touch. Keep it aside.
Same kadai put the dhal and fry just for few seconds.
Put both oats and dhal in a pressure cooker. Add chopped ginger, salt and 2 cups of water. I prefer it to be watery so I hv added more water if u want this to be bit thicker reduce the water. Close with lid and pressure cook it for 2 to 3 whistles.
Allow to cool. Then open the cooker and mix it well.
In a small kadai put the Oil and when it is hot, add slit green chilli, curry leaves, Cashew Nut and pepper and jeera seeds. Fry for 30 sec
Pour it over the pongal. Mix it once again thoroughly.