Ven Pongal

Ingredients:

Rice (Pachai Arici) 1 Cup
Mong Dal 1/4 Cup
Black Pepper(Melagu) 1 table spoon
Cumin seeds (Seragam) 1 table spoon
Green Chillies 2 No(cut one into 2 pieces)
Curry Leaves small quantity
Ghee/Oil 4 Table spoon
Cashew Nuts 50 grams
Ginger finely chopped a small piece
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash rice and dal together and add salt and water and pressure cook well.(for one cup of rice add 2 cup of water)
2.Now add 2 spoon of Ghee/Oil in frying pan and add pepper,then cumin seeds, green chillies,ginger and cumin seeds fry well for 2 mins and add this to cooked rice.
3.In the same pan add remaining 2 spoon of ghee/oil and fry the cashews and add it to the rice.
4.Now mix the rice well with all these fried items so that it mixes well with rice.
5.Now Tasteful ven pongal is ready add more ghee to taste better.

Side Dish
The best combination is Both Sambar and Coconut Chutney.