South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar. Venn Pongal is a delicious recipe for the festive season of Pongal. This is a very tasty and easy to cook recipe which is famous as breakfast but you can. Ven pongal recipe or video of khara pongal - South Indian comfort food often made as a naivedyam to GODS during varalakshmi puja & navratri.

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. You can have South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar using 26 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar

You need of For Pongal :.
Prepare 1/2 Cup of Raw Rice.
It's 1/4 cup of Moong Dhal/Paasi Parupu.
Prepare 1 tsp of Ginger chopped.
Prepare 1 pinch of Hing/Asafoetida.
It's 1 tsp of Black Pepper Corns.
It's 1 tsp of pepper powder.
It's 2 tbsp of ghee.
Prepare 2 tsp of jeera/cumin seeds.
It's 1/3 cup of Milk.
Prepare as needed of Few Cashew Nuts.
It's as needed of Curry Leaves Little.
It's to taste of Salt as per taste.
Prepare of For Kadamba Sambhar:.
Prepare 2 tsp of Oil.
Prepare 1 tsp of Methi /Fenugreek seeds.
Prepare as needed of Mixed Veggies(Carrot,Beans,Peas,Sweet Potato,Potato) You can add veggies of your choice.
It's as needed of Small Ball of Tamarind (Extract Paste).
Prepare 2 tsp of Sambhar Powder.
Prepare 1 tsp of Coriander Powder.
Prepare 1/3 cup of Toor Dhal + 2tbsp Moong Dhal with little Turmeric Powder (Pressure cook it for 3 whistles).
Prepare of To Temper:.
Prepare 1 tsp of Mustard Seeds.
You need 1/2 tsp of Urad Dhal.
You need as needed of Curry Leaves Few.
You need to taste of Salt.

Ven Pongal is a savory south Indian breakfast food which is made using rice and yellow moong dal, tempered with cumin seeds, black peppercorns, ginger, curry leaves and ghee and garnished with cashew nuts. ‹ › ‹ › Traditionally it is prepared during the harvest festival "PONGAL". Ven pongal is a very easy and comfort food. Learn how to make ven pongal with step by step pictures. Mostly in weekend mornings I make ven pongal it to laze around.

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

For Pongal: Dry Roast raw rice and moong dhal in a pressure cooker..
Keep that aside.Add 1 tbsp ghee,ginger and hing.Saute for a min..
Add 3 cups of water,required salt and pressure cook them for 3 or 4 whistles..
Once cooker is released mash the cooked rice and dhal well (Add water if it is too dry) and boil for sometime..
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)..
Add the black pepper powder..
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..
Add the tempering to the pongal and serve hot with Sambhar and Chutney..
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..
Add the mixed veggies and saute them for a min..
Add the Sambhar Powder,Coriander Powder and salt and mix it well..
Extract the tamarind and add them to the sambhar and add water..
Boil them till the veggies get cooked well..
Mash the toor dhal+moong dhal and add them by adjusting water if required..
Boil till you get the froth and temper with Mustard seeds,Urad Dhal and Curry leaves..

In contrast to Vj, Aj won't even touch this one. I make it only with chutney if I want to make it. Ven Pongal is a hearty breakfast from Southern India that is sure to get your day started right. I once read that "All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast" - and can't agree with it more. Breakfast is a very important meal as it kick starts the day, pepping us with all the energy.