PONGAL

required things

rice - 1/2 cup

onions - 1/2 onion

ginger garlic paste - 1/2 spoon

green chillies - 2

cloves - 7

cinamon stick - 1/2

black pepper - 1/4 spoon

pesara pappu (yellow moong dal) split - 1/4 cup

yogurt

salt according to your tast
method for preparation of pongal

Soak pesarapappu for 1/2 hr before you start cooking.

1. First cut onions and green chillies into long pieces.

2. Take oil in a pan and add cloves,cinamon,onions and green chillies.

3. Fry them for 2 minutes and add the soaked split pesara pappu (yellow moong dal).

4. Now add the ginger garlic paste,salt and black pepper.

5. Now add rice and water into the above mixture in ratio of 1:2(i.e if you add 1 cup rice add 2 cups water) and pressure cook it for 2 whisltes.

Now pongal is ready. Goes well with onion raitha or plain yogurt.