Ven Pongal

Ven Pongal is a very authentic dish,in fact one of my favorite dish.On a cold morning ven pongal and coconut chutney is really a feast to our tongue.Here goes the recipe
Ingrediants

Raw Rice       - 1 cup
Moong dhal   - 1/2 cup
water            -  5 cups
asofetida        - a pinch
ginger            -   50 gms
peper corns    -1 table spoon
zeera              - i table spoon
ghee                 -  1/4 cup
curry leaves        -  few
cashews             - as required

1. Dry roast moong dhal till good aroma comes.
2. Mix it with rice  and grated ginger , adequate salt add required water and preasure cook it .
3. After the rice and dhal is cooked smash it with a spoon
4. Heat Ghee in a seperate kadai add peper corns,zeera ,  cashews curry leaves and asofetida to it.Wait till the peper crakels and add it to the cooked mixture.
5. Serve it hot with coconut chutney

hello readers

hai every one its my pleasure to welcome you all to my small kitchen Tam-bram.To me cooking is more then mixing veggies,heating and serving for nutrition.It is going beyond and recreating the flavours of our mothers hand.In fact every dish is an earnest effort made to satisfy the taste budds and safeguard our tradition.Through tam-bram kitchen I would like to pen some authentic south Indian Bramin dishes.i have very honestly decided to pen atleast 1 recipe a month ,lets wait and see.i welcome you all to read my recipes and pen your comments.Thank you.

mrs Abirami Ramprasadh