Ven pongal

Ingredients :
Raw rice - 1.5 cup
Moong dhal - 1/2 cup
Ginger - 1.5 tsp finely chopped
Pepper - 1.5 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1.5 tsp
Cashews - few
Green chilli - 2 finely chopped ( optional, I didn't had, so didn't use it here)
Ghee - 5 Tbsp ( you can also subtitue half with oil if you are diet conscious )

Method :

1. Cook rice and moong dal and salt together with 6 cups of water in pressure cooker.
2. Fry cashews with ghee in a pan. Also fry ginger, curry leaves, pepper and cumin seeds.
3. Once the rice is cooked, mash it with masher.
4. Add fried cashews and other things into the pongal. Add ghee.

Yummy pongal is ready.

Enjoy the joy of cooking.

Note :
1. I prefer cooking the rice and moong dhal in a bowl, covering it with foil and putting it in the pressure cooker. This will prevent the water from spilling and to get soft, smooth pongal.
2. In case if you feel that your pongal is dry, or you are preparing pongal for later use, then
    as soon as the pressure is gone, open the lid and add hot water as required while mashing.
    This will make your pongal to be semi solid and even when it is cold it will be soft and not dry.