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Venpongal

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Water - 3 cups
Peeled Broken Green Gram(Moong Dhal/Paasi Paruppu) - 6 tbsp
Cashewnuts - 10
Curry Leaves - few
Pepper - 1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds - 2 tbsp
Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Cooking oil

Service for : 2 people
Cooking Time : 10 minutes

Cooking Instructions:





Heat oil in a pressure cooker and saute pepper, cumin seeds, asafoetida, cashews and curry leaves.Add moong dhal to it and fry a little.Add measured water and rice in the cooker.Add required salt to it.

Close the lid of the cooker and dont reduce the flame and let it whistle for ten times.Open the lid after pressure is completely released.

Side Dish : Coconut Chutney, sambar, Eggplant Chutney
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