Left Over Cooked Rice Pongal

Pongal is a south Indian traditional food. We can prepare varieties of pongal like Ven pongal,Sarkakrai pongal, Barley Sweet Pongal , Milk Pongal, Fruit Pongal, Akkara vadisal. ………. .I have given here a recipe, to prepare pongal with the left-over cooked rice. Very simple and easy.

Left Over Cooked Rice Pongal

Ingredients

Left overcooked rice – one cup

Moong dhal – 2 soup spoon full

Cumim seed – ½ tspn

Asafoetida -  2 pinch

Turmeric powder – ¼ tspn

Water – 400ml

For seasoning:

Cashew nut – 5 Nos

Black whole pepper – 8 Nos

Cumim seed – ½ tspn

Green chilli  – 1

Ginger – 1 inch size

Curry leaves – few

Ghee – 2 tbspn

Method

In a pan dry roast wash yellow moong slightly brown. Then soak dhal for 10 min

In a pressure cooker,  add cooked rice, moong dal,  asafoetida, cumin seeds and turmeric powder. 

Cook it over the medium flame for about 3 whistles.

Once the pressure cooker cools down,  add ghee to the rice and dal pongal and mix it well.

You don't have to mash it.chop the ginger , green chillies and cashew nuts.

In a separate pan, heat little ghee.  Add the seasonings: pepper, cumin seeds, curry leaves, chopped ginger, green chillies and cashew nuts .Pour it over the cooked pongal and stir it to coat well.

Serve it hot with sambar, vadai and chutney.

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I am sending  this recipe to tickling plate radhika's let's cook rice event ,and simplysensatioanlfood let's cook with left overs.and veena's  vej junction cooking with leftovers

for  let's cook with rice

veg ghee rice.

Happy Pongal to all my blog friends.

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Linking to Nithu's Healthy Combo Meal for Kids hosted by Nivedhanan