Pongal

Ingredients :

Raw rice – 1 cup

Pepper – 1 teaspoon

Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon

Ginger – small piece (finely chopped)

Curry leaves – 10

Cashews - 5 ot 6 (broken into halves)

Salt – 1 teaspoon

Hing – a pinch

Method :

1. Wash rice with water once.
2. Add all ingredients to the pressure cooker and allow 4 to 5 whistles.
3. Garnish with a few curry leaves & serve with Kothsu/Coconut chutney/Onion & Tomato Chutney.
4. Fry cashews to golden brown in a spoon of ghee and add to top.

• Variation – instead of adding pepper corns, pepper can be crushed (using a pepper crusher) just before serving.