South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar. Venn Pongal is a delicious recipe for the festive season of Pongal. This is a very tasty and easy to cook recipe which is famous as breakfast but you can. Ven pongal recipe or video of khara pongal - South Indian comfort food often made as a naivedyam to GODS during varalakshmi puja & navratri.
Ven Pongal is South India's equivalent of the North Indian khichdi.
Cooked rice and moong dal are flavoured with ginger, crushed peppercorns and cumin seeds, and garnished with ghee-roasted cashew nuts and curry leaves.
Ven Pongal has a unique flavour and consistency, which are rich yet soothing.
You can cook South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar using 26 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar
- You need of For Pongal :.
- Prepare 1/2 Cup of Raw Rice.
- You need 1/4 cup of Moong Dhal/Paasi Parupu.
- You need 1 tsp of Ginger chopped.
- You need 1 pinch of Hing/Asafoetida.
- You need 1 tsp of Black Pepper Corns.
- Prepare 1 tsp of pepper powder.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of ghee.
- Prepare 2 tsp of jeera/cumin seeds.
- It's 1/3 cup of Milk.
- Prepare as needed of Few Cashew Nuts.
- It's as needed of Curry Leaves Little.
- Prepare to taste of Salt as per taste.
- You need of For Kadamba Sambhar:.
- It's 2 tsp of Oil.
- It's 1 tsp of Methi /Fenugreek seeds.
- It's as needed of Mixed Veggies(Carrot,Beans,Peas,Sweet Potato,Potato) You can add veggies of your choice.
- It's as needed of Small Ball of Tamarind (Extract Paste).
- Prepare 2 tsp of Sambhar Powder.
- It's 1 tsp of Coriander Powder.
- Prepare 1/3 cup of Toor Dhal + 2tbsp Moong Dhal with little Turmeric Powder (Pressure cook it for 3 whistles).
- Prepare of To Temper:.
- You need 1 tsp of Mustard Seeds.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Urad Dhal.
- You need as needed of Curry Leaves Few.
- It's to taste of Salt.
Ven Pongal is a savory south Indian breakfast food which is made using rice and yellow moong dal, tempered with cumin seeds, black peppercorns, ginger, curry leaves and ghee and garnished with cashew nuts. ‹ › ‹ › Traditionally it is prepared during the harvest festival "PONGAL". Ven pongal is a very easy and comfort food. Learn how to make ven pongal with step by step pictures. Mostly in weekend mornings I make ven pongal it to laze around.
South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar instructions
- For Pongal: Dry Roast raw rice and moong dhal in a pressure cooker..
- Keep that aside.Add 1 tbsp ghee,ginger and hing.Saute for a min..
- Add 3 cups of water,required salt and pressure cook them for 3 or 4 whistles..
- Once cooker is released mash the cooked rice and dhal well (Add water if it is too dry) and boil for sometime..
- In the end before tempering add milk and mix well and boil for a min. (This gives pongal a creamy texture and an awesome taste)..
- Add the black pepper powder..
- Take a tempering pan and add 1 or 2 tbsp of ghee. Once it is hot add the jeera,black pepper corns,curry leaves and cashew nuts. Saute well..
- Add the tempering to the pongal and serve hot with Sambhar and Chutney..
- Kadamba Sambhar: In a kadai add little oil. Once it heats up add little mustard seeds. Once it splutters add the methi seeds and saute..
- Add the mixed veggies and saute them for a min..
- Add the Sambhar Powder,Coriander Powder and salt and mix it well..
- Extract the tamarind and add them to the sambhar and add water..
- Boil them till the veggies get cooked well..
- Mash the toor dhal+moong dhal and add them by adjusting water if required..
- Boil till you get the froth and temper with Mustard seeds,Urad Dhal and Curry leaves..
In contrast to Vj, Aj won't even touch this one. I make it only with chutney if I want to make it. Ven Pongal is a hearty breakfast from Southern India that is sure to get your day started right. I once read that "All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast" - and can't agree with it more. Breakfast is a very important meal as it kick starts the day, pepping us with all the energy.
