Venpongal Quick Breakfast
Course: BreakfastCuisine: South IndianDifficulty: Easy2
persons10
minutes30
minutesVenpongal is a delicious easy to prepare breakfast. It is a good alternative for regular breakfast. Very less preparing and cooking time. Suitable for beginners too. Energetic and can hold hunger for 4 hours till lunch.
Ingredients
Raw Rice (Pacharisi) – 1 Cup
Moong Dal (Pasi Paruppu) – 1/4 Cup
Salt – As required
Cooking Oil – 2 Tablespoon
Pepper – 1 Table Spoon
Cumin (Jeeragam) – 1 Tea Spoon
Ginger – Small piece (Coin size) – Grated / crushed
Curry Leaves (Karuveppilai) – 10 nos
Asafoetida Powder (Perungayam) – 2 pinches
Ghee – 3 Tablespoon
Cashew Nuts – 10 nos
Directions
- Take 1 cup rawrice and 1/4 cup of moong dal in a bowl and wash it in clean water 2 to 3 times.
- Soak it for 30 minutes.
- Take pressure cooker and add 4 cups of water using same cup used to measure rawrice.
- Add soaked rawrice + moong dal without water in the cooker.
- Add salt as per requirement and turn on the stove, close lid and pressure cook it for 3 to 4 whistles.
- Turn off stove. Wait till pressure releases. Open lid and mix it well and keep is aside.
- On a separate pan add 2 tablespoon of oil and heat it for 1 minute.
- Add pepper + cumin seeds + grated ginger + asafoetida powder + curry leaves and mix well till it fries.
- Add the above in venpongal kept in cooker.
- In the same pan add 3 tablespoon of ghee, heat it for 1 minute and then add cashew.
- Mix well it turns golden brown colour. Add it in venpongal kept in cooker.
- Mix well till oil and ghee spreads evenly.
- Your venpongal is ready!
Notes
- Serve with Coconut Chutney / Groundnut Chutney / Sambar. Chutney recipes available in our blog.
Venpongal is a delicious easy to prepare breakfast. It is a good alternative for regular breakfast. Very less preparing and cooking time. Suitable for beginners too. Energetic and can hold hunger for 4 hours till lunch.