Ghee pongal

Ghee Pongal Recipe is a very traditional breakfast or tiffin dish in South India. It is simple and very easy to make recipe in which rice and moong is cooked by adding a pinch of turmeric and ghee, then it is tempered with ghee and ingredients like pepper, cumin, green chilies, grated ginger, fresh curry leaves which spreads a nice aroma to whole house when it is prepared and it tastes heavenly delicious. A healthy and easy south Indian breakfast dish.

Rice – 1 cup
Split lentil/moong dal – 3/4 cup
Ghee – 1 tbs
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste

For Tempering:
Ghee – 4 to 5 tbs
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Pepper – 1 1/2 tbs
Cumin – 1 tsp
Cashew nut – 15, broken into pieces
Ginger – 1 1/2 tsp
Green chilies – 2, chopped
Fresh curry leaves – 3 to 4 springs

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