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Ingredients for Pongal:
Dosa rice or normal rice – ¾ cup
Moong dal – ¼ cup
Salt as required
Turmeric – 1 Pinch
For Tempering:
Mustard – ¼ spoon
Jeera – ¼ spoon (Slightly crushed) Pepper – ¼ spoon (Slightly crushed) Green chili – 4
Ginger – ½ inch grated
Curry leaves
Coriander
Cashew
How to prepare :
1. Dry roast moong dal until it turns golden brown.
2. Wash the rice and moong dal together, add 4 measures of water, salt, a pinch of turmeric, and pressure cook for only 1 whistle.
3. Once done make the tempering with 4 spoons of ghee and add the above-mentioned tempering items one by one. Add it to the prepared rice mixture, stir well. Allow it to boil for 5 minutes. (Add water if required to your desired Pongal consistency).
And the super-easy Pongal is ready to serve. Serve it with tamarind gojju/chutney/raita and enjoy.
Ingredients for Tamarind Gojju:
Tamarind – 1 lemon size
Jaggery – 1 lemon size Salt as required
Mustard Jeera Green chili – 2-3
Ginger – ½ inch grated Sambhar or rasam powder – 1 spoon
Hing – 1 Pinch
Rice flour – 2 spoons
How to prepare:
1. Soak the tamarind and jaggery together for 15 minutes in half a cup of water.
2. Take a pan, add 2 spoons of oil add mustard, jeera, green chili, ginger, curry leaves. Add the soaked tamarind and jaggery water and boil for 5 minutes.
3. Add 1 pinch of hing, ¼ spoon of turmeric, 1 spoon of sambhar powder, salt as per taste, and allow it to boil for 10 mins. Add one cup of water or as required.
4. Take half a cup of water and add 2 spoons of rice flour and mix it without lumps.(This is the secret ingredient that makes the water consistency thicker)
5. Add the rice flour water to the gojju to get a thick consistency. Allow it to boil for 5 minutes and the lip-smacking tamarind gojju is ready to serve with hot Pongal.
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