Ven Pongal || Kaara Pongal || Savory rice lentils

VEN PONGAL or KAARA PONGAL.
A savory lentils and rice dish made for breakfast in general is a very famous and favorite dish of Tamil Nadu.
Growing up I wasn’t so fond of the dish.. you know it had whole peppercorns, bits of ginger!! I used to be like, please make me sweet pongal with jaggery, coconut and nuts and don’t make this savory pongal. BUT my mom always makes vadai with ven pongal.. I love Vadai. So started eating the savory pongal with extra sambar and vadai. I kind of liked it..  Will deny if asked outside of blogging and Instagram. After I started cooking in my own kitchen I have made this dish, with sambar and vadai along. Husband loves it a lot and so I can say, I cook it at least 3 times a month. Mostly on holidays so I can keep the Leftovers for lunch or dinner and relax. As they say in our state, eating Pongal makes you drowsy and keeps you full for hours!
Anyways.. I make pongal all within 15 minutes in my instant pot and sometimes in regular pressure cooker.
It is so easy.. if not making with sambar or chutney, serve with regular sugar. It is ultimately delicious.
Recipe is below

Ingredients
Olive oil – 2tsp
Ghee – 2tbsp + 2tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
Peppercorns- 1/2 tsp
Cashew nuts – 10nos
Green chillies – 2, chopped
Onion – 1 small, chopped
Raw rice – 3/4 cup, 150g
Yellow lentils/moong dal – 1/4 cup, 50g
Water- 3 cups, 600ml
Salt – as needed

Method
1. Heat the pressure pan or the inner pot of the instant pot in saute mode.
2. Add the oil and 2tbsp ghee.
3. Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds ,peppercorn seeds and let them pop.
4. Add the curry leaves, green Chilli and the onion. Saute until the onion is translucent.
5. Add the water and let it heat while you wash, clean and drain the rice and lentils.
6. Add the rice and lentils to the water, it doesn’t have to come to boil. Add the salt.
7. Close the lid and pressure cook for 5 whistles or set to rice mode in the instant pot.
8. Once cooked and the pressure is vented, open the lid and add the rest of the 2tbsp ghee. Quickly stir.
9. Serve hot with sambar, chutney and vadai or sugar.

Ven Pongal || Kaara Pongal || Savory rice lentils

Recipe by Parveenskitchen.com Course: Breakfast, BrunchCuisine: Tamil, Indian, South IndianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

20

minutes

Calories

190

kcal

Total time

35

minutes

A super delicious famous breakfast dish of India made with rice and lentils. Ven pongal || Kaara Pongal

Ingredients

• Olive oil – 2tsp

• Ghee – 2tbsp + 2tbsp

• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp

• Curry leaves – 1 sprig

• Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp

• Peppercorns- 1/2 tsp

• Cashew nuts – 10nos

• Green chillies – 2, chopped

• Onion – 1 small, chopped

• Raw rice – 3/4 cup, 150g

• Yellow lentils/moong dal – 1/4 cup, 50g

• Water- 3 cups, 600ml

• Salt – as needed

Directions

• Heat the pressure pan or the inner pot of the instant pot in saute mode.
• Add the oil and 2tbsp ghee.
• Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds ,peppercorn seeds and let them pop.
• Add the curry leaves, green Chilli and the onion. Saute until the onion is translucent.
• Add the water and let it heat while you wash, clean and drain the rice and lentils.
• Add the rice and lentils to the water, it doesn’t have to come to boil. Add the salt.
• Close the lid and pressure cook for 5 whistles or set to rice mode in the instant pot.
• Once cooked and the pressure is vented, open the lid and add the rest of the 2tbsp ghee. Quickly stir.
• Serve hot with sambar, chutney and vadai or sugar.

Recipe Video

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