Milagu pongal

Ingredients:

• Raw rice - 1 cup
• Green gram - 1/3rd cup
• Asafoetida - a pinch
• Ginger - 1 tbs
• Pepper - 1 stbs
• Cumin seeds - 1 tbs
• Cashew nuts – as your requirement
• Curry leaves - small quantity
• Ghee - 2 tbs
• Butter - 1 tbs
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash and keep rice and green gram (Dhal) and pour 6 cups of water, add asafoetida,salt and ginger to it in a pressure cooker. Let it boil for 20 minutes.
2. Then add ghee to a pan and fry pepper, cumin seeds, cashew nuts and curry leaves and add this to boiled rice and dhal. Now add butter to the content. Mix it well.
3. Now pongal is ready to serve…