Ingredients
- Raw rice – 1cup
- Pesara pappu/ moong dal – ¼ cup
- Tomato – 1, medium size, optional
- Green chillies – 3, slit lengthwise
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
To Temper/Popu/ Tadka/ Talimpu
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Dry red chillies – 2, broken into two
- Senaga pappu / channa dal – 1 tbsp
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Coriander leaves – 2 sprigs
- Asafoetida / hingua a pinch
- Sesame oil – 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
Preparation Method
- Take a frying pan and roast the moong dal till the aroma comes.
- Pour 4 cups of water in a vessel and add rice, dal, turmeric powder and salt.
- Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds. Wait until it splutters, then add the hingua, channa dal, green chillies, red chillies and curry leaves
- Add this to the rice-dal mixture in the vessel.
- Chop the tomatoes and coriander leaves finely and add to it.
- Keep this in the pressure cooker and cook for 5 whistles.
- Serve hot this healthy pongali with chutney/ sambar.
