Whole Green Moong Dal Pongal

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Today's special for breakfast is yummy yummy breakfast ie VEN PONGAL. I think everybody knows that we made this ven pongal with combination of rice and split moong dal. Today I thought to preparing this ven pongal with little variation. Instead of moong dal I have chosen whole green moong dal (pachha pasarlu). It tasted wonderful and is healthier as it is prepared with whole grain.

OK.Let us go to prepare

Ingredients

• Rice                                        1 cup
• Whole moog dal                      1/2 cup
• Water                                      5 cups
• Salt
• Ginger                                     1 inch piece (finely chopped)
• Green chillies                           2 chopped
• Curry leaves

For Popu

• Ghee                                      5 to 6 tbsp
• Pepper                                   1/4 tbsp
• Cumin seeds                          1/4 tbsp
• Hing                                       pinch
• Cashew

How I did it

1. Wash and soak whole moong dal/ pachha pasarlu over night.
2. Next day, wash rice and whole moong and and 5 cups of water.
3. Add chopped green mirchi and chopped ginger and salt to it.
4. Take popu pan, add ghee and let it heat on low flame.
5. Add cashew nuts and fry them and keep aside.
6. In the same pan add hing, pepper and cumin seeds and fry them for a while.
7. Add this for rice and whole moong dal mixture.
8. Pressure cook till 5 to 6 whistles.
9. When pressure gets released, it gives our pongal mouth watering aroma.
10. As rice and whole moong dal cooks together with spices like ginger, pepper , cumin and hing it catches the flavor and tastes good.
11. See the consistency. It should be like mushy.
12. If required add little more ghee and fried cashew nuts.

See the taste. Serve this with any chutney or pongal pulusu with ghee on every portion of pongal.

My Note

1. You can crush pepper for extra flavor and spicy.
2. Instead of moong dal we have used whole green moong dal, the remaining procedure is same as ven pongal.

Nutritional info

The whole green moong dal has more health benifits like having low in saturated fat and high dietary fiber.