Karuvaepillai Pongal

 

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Curry Leaves - 
Cashews - 6-8
Black pepper corns - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds  - 1 tsp
Ginger - small piece (Crushed)
Salt, Water, Ghee - As reqd

Method:

• Wash and clean rice and dal.
• Add it to a bowl, to this add water, salt and mix well.
• Heat ghee in pan and add a cup of curry leaves.
• Saute it crisp and add to blender and powder it.
• Heat ghee in pan and roast cashews and set aside.
• To the same pan add in coarsely crushed pepper corns and cumin seeds.
• Add in ginger pieces and curry leaves and saute.
• Cook in low flame.
• Add in cooked and mashed rice and dal mix.
• Add in blended curry leaves powder and mix well.
• Add in ghee and mix it.
• Serve hot with coconut chutney.