Ven Pongal~~Ingredients~~

•1 cup: Raw rice

•½ cup: Milk

•1/3 cup: Green gram dal

•11/2 tsp: Black pepper

•1 tsp: Cumin seeds

•1 tbs: Broken cashew nuts

•1 tbs: Finely cut ginger (optional)

•A few: Curry leaves

•2 tbs: Ghee

•5 cup: Water

•Salt to taste

~~Method~~

1.Wash rice and dal and cook them together in five cups of water for 10 minutes.

2.Add salt, curry leaves and ginger with half a cup of milk. Simmer for a minute and remove from fire.

3.Fry cashew nuts, pepper and cumin seeds in ghee.

4.Pour this over the rice-dal mixture.

5.Mix well and serve steaming hot with ghee on top.