Khara pongal

Preparation Time  - 30 min
Serves - 3

Ingredients :

• Rice - 1 measure 
• Moong dal - 1 measure
• Mustard seed - 1 sp
• Jeera - 1 sp
• Black pepper - 1/2 sp
• Green chili - 5 slit
• Curry leaves - few
• Cashews - 10
• Coconut - sliced
• Ginger - 1 and 1/2 inch sliced
• Coriander leaves finely chopped.
• Water - 6 measure
• Ghee - 2sp
• Oil - 2sp
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Pressure cook rice and moong dal for 1 whistle.Let the pressure to ease (1 measure rice+1 measure dal +double measure water)
• Meanwhile heat 3 cup water in a saucepan and bring it to boil.
• Heat 2 sp oil in a thick bottom pan. Add mustard seed, let it splutter. Add jeera, black pepper and cashews at one go, fry till cashews are light brown.
• Add the thinly sliced Ginger, slitted green chili, curry leaves fry till leaves are crisp.
• Add these seasoning into the pressure cooker containing cooked rice and dal, add salt to taste, also add boiling water to adjust the consistency, mix well. cook for few mins.
• Add the thinly sliced coconut pieces and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with coconut chutney and ghee.