Description
Ven Pongal is one of the breakfast item from South India, mainly popular in Tamil Nadu, prepared during Pongal Festival and also served as a special dish on auspicious occasions like wedding ceremonies. Fresh curry leaves and Ghee is a must for this dish.
| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Raw rice (pachai arisi) |
| ¾ cup | Green gram |
| ¼ tsp | Asafoetida |
| ¾ tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| ¼ cup | Ghee |
| 5 cup | Water |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| 1½ tsp | Black peppercorns |
| 1 tsp | Cumin seeds |
| 1 tsp | Ginger(minced) |
| 15 nos | Cashews |
| 10 nos | Curry leaves |
| 2 tbsp | Ghee |
Instructions
Wash and soak, rice and green gram (Moong dal) for at least 1/2 hour. Pressure cook rice, moong dal with little salt and 5 cups of water for up to 4 whistles. Meanwhile keep a big bowl ready for mixing the spices with the cooked rice and dal. When steam releases from the cooker, open and transfer the content to the bowl. Heat ghee (2tbsp) in a small pan, splutter cumin seeds, black peppercorns, curry leaves and ginger. While its still hot add the cashews and fry till golden. Add this to the cooked rice dal mixture along with salt, asafoetida and 1/4 cup ghee. Mix well to blend and serve pipping hot with vada, chutney and sambar.
Notes
You can use Ponni raw rice or Sona masoori.
If using an electric cooker, use the same proportion and cook rice and dhal with little salt and then do the tempering.
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Can I use sona masoori rice?
Yes, you can use sona masoori rice. Thannks.
Is Asafoetida a crucial ingredient?
ofcourse, it is !! Never miss it.
I tried the Pongal. It came out very well. Thanks for the receipe.
Hi Mullai…
I tried this Pongal today and the taste was flawless
Thanks for such a nice traditional receipe…
Voting 10 on 10..
Cheers,
Sathya.
Hi mullai, today i prepared sakarai pongal n ven pongal, followed ur recipes. sakarai pongal turnd excellent…….ven pongal tastewise gud,but the rice wasnt cooked like pongal. i got the normal rice texture. i used equal proportion of milk n water and left up to 4 whistles. i dnt knw where it went wrong.
Did you add milk to ven pongal?
yes mullai, i added milk and water in equal proportion
Ramya,
Quite surprising, we never add milk to ven pongal. Sometimes include in chakra pongal. Most of the time pressure cooked rice becomes very firm after a while, so better to have immediately after making it.
Mullai, My sister used to prepare ven pongal using milk.it gives rich taste…..u might b right…..lemme give a try without milk n let u know……..Thanq for the prompt reply……
My Mom and most of my relatives use milk which as Ramya said makes it richer. People can choose between rich and light. I like the light one.
Really superb,
i tried this yesterday it came out well. thanks alot Mullai
Hi mullai,
i finally found time today 2 try the pongal.it came out well and was tasting really great.Thanks for the receipe.it didnt take much of my time either.Add receipes that takes such less time so that i can cook different dishes in the time available for me at home(bcos i am working).
keep up the gr8 work.
Anusha
Hi I was in search of this receipe for a long time now.Thanku i will surely try this and tell you how it turned out.it will surely be a hit.i noted down some other receipes too.the site is very informative for working women like me to try out new receipes without much difficulty.
Thanku and keep up the good work.
Anusha
Anusha, thank you and good luck with all your preparations.
Hi Mullai, I made some venpongal yesterday. It came out very well. thanks for this recipe.. BTW, I took a look at your other postings. I am going to try all these one by one:) keep up the great work! Thanks, -karthi
Hi Mullai,
could you please let me know what is green gram in tamil?
Hi Madan,
Its called pachai paruppu or payatham paruppu.
This is a very good recipe…. my husband & I loved the ven pongal.
Thank You.
Divya.
hmmm made some venpongal… It turned out well… Thanks a lot as I was searching for this recipe. But only got time to do it. I made some without green gram even. With 1/2 cup of dhal. It also turned out well…
Cheers
Manoo
Good Mullai, Added flavour for venpongal, we can use 1:1 , like 1 cup of rice and 1 cup of Dal, in order to add more flavour just saute rice n dal for few mintues ( until u smell the flavour). Sure u'll get tasty tasty Pongal.
Meenakshi, thanks for sharing this tip. Sure will try next time.
ha super this was the recepi i looking for. thanks