Ven pongal dry recipe with detailed instructions- Ven pongal or Khara Pongal is a popular south indian breakfast recipe. The pongal is made with rice and moong dal. The consistency of the pongal is generally soft and mushy. Its best eaten piping hot. Today i have made the dry version of the pongal. I have reduced the amount of water, so its not mushy and can be easily packed for lunch box.
How about making a dry pongal with equal quantity of rice to moong dal. Its a one pot meal, realtively healthy meal and a great lunch box recipe. I add some lemon juice at the end of the cooking process which gives a nice taste to the pongal. Kids in general do not require any side with it. But if you plan to give a side you can accompany the pongal with Masala Tomato curry, Potato Kurma, Peanut tomato chutney or Carrot Capsicum pachadi (chutney)
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Recipe:
(Serves 3)
Ingredients:
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Rice – ½ cup
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Moong dal – ½ cup
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Whole pepper corns- about 10 and crushed pepper corns – about 4
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lightly crushed Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
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Chopped Ginger- 1 inch
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Cashew nuts- about 8
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Few curry leaves
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Grated coconut- 1 tbsps
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Salt to taste
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Lemon juice to taste
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Oil- 3 tsps
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Hing – 2 pinches
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Water- about 1 ½ to 2 cups
Procedure:
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Wash the rice, drain the water and keep on the side.
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Take a pressure cooker add the oil. When it gets hot add the cashew, cumin seed and black pepper. Fry for few seconds.
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Now add the curry leaves, ginger, coconut and hing. Fry for 30 seconds.
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Add the moong dal and mix. Fry for few seconds.
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Now add the rice. and necessary salt.
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Add water, mix and close the lid.
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Cook on a medium heat up to three vissels. Turn off the heat.
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When the pressure goes down, open the lid add the lemon juice and mix. Check for seasoning.
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Dry pongal is now ready to be served.
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Cook’s Tip:
- Each pressure cooker is different so please do adjust the cooking time and water accordingly.
Sofia Sana
Nice dish…
puliyodarai is one of my favorite lunch box recipe
My friend in from Andra
Her puliyodarai taste is something different
But ours also very nice
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Latha Madhusudhan
Luv the twist of this lovely pongal.
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Truly tempting dish! Never knew there’s dry pongal too 🙂
Maha Gadde
wow..delicious and tempting .
Lubna Karim
Simple and yum one pot meal….
Padhu
My favourite!
Kitchen Queen
nice dish.
Nabanita Das
This pongal I love just madly… Nice looks too.
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manju nardas
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Sangeetha
thanks for this easy n quick pongal version 🙂 loved ur idea…rice looks so inviting, neat presentation too!
Vimitha Anand
Never tried the dry variety. Nice one. will try soon
Arthy Suman
im loving this pongal, quite different from the usual ones…
Sireesha Puppala
Pongal ante maku pichi…..:) nice dear
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj
its my all time favorite pongal… very inviting dear…