2010/05/13

PAASIPAYAR KARA PONGAL / GREEN GRAM PONGAL



This recipe is same as Venpongal recipe .

INGREDIENTS :

Rice - 1 cup
Green gram - 3/4 cup
Garlic cloves- 4 
Pepper -2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
Ginger - a small piece finely chopped.
Salt to taste.

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Soak green gram overnight . Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Once hot, add mustard, jeera, pepper, chopped ginger, garlic and curry leaves.



2) When it splutters, add rice and gram together with 5 cups of water , turmeric powder and salt. Cook for 3-4 whistles. Allow the steam to leave and Serve hot with Sambar.



33 comments:

Indian food recipes said...

luv this easy,healthy n delicious pongal recipe dear

Indian Khana said...

This is for me...am going to try this method always endup making...looks gud

Priya Suresh said...

Delicious pongal..beautiful click..

Nandinis food said...

Healthy and delicious pongal! Rendu bowlum inga anuppunga.

Rekha shoban said...

interesting pongal recipes...perfect entries

SathyaSridhar said...

Very nice healthy pongal dear looks delicious sure it will taste with hot curry.

Ms.Chitchat said...

Nice variation.

FH said...

What a combo! Loving it, makes a great lunch.

divya said...

Healthy and delicious pongal!thanks for sharing...

Nithu Bala said...

enakku roombha pidichathu..pakkum podhey sapdanum nu thonuthu..

♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...

Delicious delightful....

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Vrinda said...

Lov the idea of using greengram in pongal,yummmy n healthy

Usha said...

Looks delicious !

Vrinda said...

Lov the idea of using greengram in pongal,healthy n yummm

Gita Jaishankar said...

Pongal looks so yum dear :)

Suman Singh said...

gr8 recipe...looks delicious! bumped in here for the first time...nice space.

VineelaSiva said...

Wow shama healthy and tasty pongal.Never tried with green gram.will try.

Kiran said...

Very nice and healthy pongal.

Uma said...

mmm. looks delicious :)

Unknown said...

Super pongal..love green grams and will try it..

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Malar Gandhi said...

Delicious pongal, love it...with green gram sounds very healthy.

GEETHA ACHAL said...

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Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) said...

easy delicious an dhealthy pongal...loved it

Unknown said...

Lovely creativity Shama.

AdukalaVishesham said...

yummy pongal.... very healthy and comforting food..

Raks said...

Yummy pongal with more protein added!

Soma Pradhan said...

Wow..a new recipe..Pongla cooked with green gram..Looks temptin

Unknown said...

Nice recipe! I have never had pongal..Will try this for sure.

kamala said...

Healthy pongal with green gram looks yum.

Unknown said...

good and healthy..

Sushma Mallya said...

Yummy pongal..

Sara said...

New to me and looks healthy. Thanks for the entry dear.

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