South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar
South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar

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Ven Pongal is South India's equivalent of the North Indian khichdi. Cooked rice and moong dal are flavoured with ginger, crushed peppercorns and cumin seeds, and garnished with ghee-roasted cashew nuts and curry leaves. Ven Pongal has a unique flavour and consistency, which are rich yet soothing.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook south indian breakfast - ven pongal & kadamba sambhar using 26 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar:
  1. Prepare For Pongal :
  2. Make ready Raw Rice
  3. Make ready Moong Dhal/Paasi Parupu
  4. Prepare Ginger chopped
  5. Prepare Hing/Asafoetida
  6. Get Black Pepper Corns
  7. Get pepper powder
  8. Make ready ghee
  9. Get jeera/cumin seeds
  10. Make ready Milk
  11. Get Few Cashew Nuts
  12. Take Curry Leaves Little
  13. Get Salt as per taste
  14. Get For Kadamba Sambhar:
  15. Prepare Oil
  16. Make ready Methi /Fenugreek seeds
  17. Prepare Mixed Veggies(Carrot,Beans,Peas,Sweet Potato,Potato) You can add veggies of your choice
  18. Make ready Small Ball of Tamarind (Extract Paste)
  19. Take Sambhar Powder
  20. Take Coriander Powder
  21. Prepare Toor Dhal + 2tbsp Moong Dhal with little Turmeric Powder (Pressure cook it for 3 whistles)
  22. Make ready To Temper:
  23. Get Mustard Seeds
  24. Prepare Urad Dhal
  25. Get Curry Leaves Few
  26. Take Salt

Delicious South Indian breakfast - Ven Pongal. Ven Pongal is a hearty breakfast from Southern India that is sure to get your day started right. Ven Pongal (also called as Khara Pongal) is a traditional South Indian breakfast dish. Rice and Dals are cooked together and further tempered by ghee, pepper, cumin, hing and curry leaves.

Steps to make South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar:
  1. For Pongal: Dry Roast raw rice and moong dhal in a pressure cooker.
  2. Keep that aside.Add 1 tbsp ghee,ginger and hing.Saute for a min.
  3. Add 3 cups of water,required salt and pressure cook them for 3 or 4 whistles.
  4. Once cooker is released mash the cooked rice and dhal well (Add water if it is too dry) and boil for sometime.
  5. In the end before tempering add milk and mix well and boil for a min. (This gives pongal a creamy texture and an awesome taste).
  6. Add the black pepper powder.
  7. Take a tempering pan and add 1 or 2 tbsp of ghee. Once it is hot add the jeera,black pepper corns,curry leaves and cashew nuts. Saute well.
  8. Add the tempering to the pongal and serve hot with Sambhar and Chutney.
  9. Kadamba Sambhar: In a kadai add little oil. Once it heats up add little mustard seeds. Once it splutters add the methi seeds and saute.
  10. Add the mixed veggies and saute them for a min.
  11. Add the Sambhar Powder,Coriander Powder and salt and mix it well.
  12. Extract the tamarind and add them to the sambhar and add water.
  13. Boil them till the veggies get cooked well.
  14. Mash the toor dhal+moong dhal and add them by adjusting water if required.
  15. Boil till you get the froth and temper with Mustard seeds,Urad Dhal and Curry leaves.

It is very easy and quick to prepare. The flavour of ghee with pepper is the unique taste of Pongal. Ven Pongal is a traditional and classic South Indian Breakfast. This simple recipe with dal & rice is a staple in most households. Pair it up with a simple chutney, sambar or gothsu for a fantastic meal experience.

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