Khara Pongal / Spicy pongal / Ghee pongal

Servings: 2-3

Ingredients:

Content	Quantity	Comment
Rice	1 cup
Moong dal	¼ cup
Coconut	3-4 tbsp
Green chillies	2-3	Slit
Peppercorns	½ tbsp / 4-5
Salt	To taste
Ghee	5-6 tbsp
Coriander leaves	3-4 tbsp
Val beans / Avarekalu	4-5 tbsp
Jeera	1 tsp
Water	To cook
Turmeric	¼ tsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig

Method:

Wash and soak rice and moong dal together in a bowl for 10mins. Pressure cook Val beans with ½ tsp of salt and water for 2-3 whistles. Set aside to cool. Pressure cook the rice, moong dal, turmeric, water, peppercorns together till soft. Once the pressure comes down mash the rice - dal mixture well and set aside.

Heat a pan with 1 tbsp of ghee, add jeera, curry leaves, green chillies, and saute. Add the cooked val beans and saute a minute. Add the cooked rice-dal mixture, coconut, water to the desired consistency and mix well. Add the remaining ghee. Cook for a minute more. Switch off the stove. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with raita, curd…..