Ingredients
- 1 Cup Moong Dal- soaked in warm water for 1 hour
- 2 Cups Long Grain Rice
- 4 Green chillies slit into halves
- 8 Pepper Corns- crushed lightly
- 1 tbsp turmeric powder
- 1 inch – Ginger
- 8 to 10 Curry Leaves
- 2 tbsp of Jeera seeds
- 1 tbsp Mustard Seeds
- 2 Tbsp of Ghee
- Coriander Leaves for garnishing
- Lemon juice
How to make Spicy Pongal
– Heat ghee in a pan and roast the moong dal nicely until it turns into light brown in colour.
– To this add rice and roast rice as well for 2 mins
– now add 8 cups of water and 3 green chillies, ginger, turmeric powder, salt, and cook uncovered untill the water fully evaporates
– Now take some oil/ghee and season it with mustart seeds+ jeera seeds+ curry leaves+ 1 green chilli+ pepper corns until the mustart seeds start sputtering
– Add it in to the rice mix well and garnish with coriander leaves and lemon juice.
– Serve steaming hot.