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Khara Pongal – Ven Pongal Recipe | How to Make Khara Pongal
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
2 mins
Total Time
12 mins
 

Khara Pongal or Ven Pongal recipe is one of the South Indian recipes usually made for breakfast recipes made with moong dal and rice as main ingredients.

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 2
Calories: 350 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
  • Moong dal – ½ cup
  • Rice – 1 cup
  • Green chilies – 6 no. sliced
  • Onion – 1 no.
  • Asafetida – a pinch
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp.
  • Curry leaves – 2 tbsp.
  • Dry chilies – 2 no.
  • Oil – 3 tbsp.
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tbsp.
  • Dry coconut– ¼ cup.
  • Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp.
  • Cashew – 25 gms.
  • Cow Ghee – 2 tbsp.
  • Pepper – ½ tbsp.
  • pepper powder - a pinch
  • Cumin seeds – ½ tbsp.
  • Water – 3 ½ cups.
  • Salt – As per your taste
Instructions
How to Make Khara Pongal:
  1. Clean rice for at least 3 times and dry for half an hour.
  2. Simultaneously clean moong dal and keep aside.
  3. Take one big sized microwave safe bowl and add rice, moong dal, green chilies, turmeric powder and salt.
  4. Add 3 ½ cups of water and cook for half an hour.
Note: At the interval of 15 minutes pause microwave oven and stir bottom to top.
  1. Add pepper, cumin seeds, dry coconut, coriander leaves and a little oil and cook for 2 more minutes.
  2. In another small bowl add ghee, mustard seeds, asafetida, cumin seeds, little pepper powder, rice powder, curry leaves, dry red chilies, and cashew and cook for 2 minutes.
  3. Add this mix to Khara Pongal recipe and cook for 3 minutes.
  4. Serve hot with coconut chutney.