Broken Wheat Pongal

 

Ingredients :
Broken wheat [ Daliya ]             :  3/4 Cup
Green Gram Dhal (Pacha           : 1/4 Cup
                  Paruppu)
Cumin Seeds(Jeerakam)            1 1/2 Tsp
Pepper(Milagu)                          1 Tsp
Pepper Powder                          1 Tsp
Curry Leaves                             10 - 15 leaves
Salt                                             Approx. 1Tsp
Turmeric Powder                        1/4 Tsp
Water                                          3 1/2 Cups
garlic                                           3 cloves ( nicely chopped )

To Temper :
Cashew Nuts                             : 4 or 5
Cumin Seeds                             : 1 Tsp
Pepper                                      : 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves                            : 8
Ghee                                        : 2 Tsp

Method :
Take broken wheat and green gram dhal in a cooker.
Wash and add water.
Now add all the other ingredients.
Mix well with a ladle and close lid with weight on.

Keep on the induction stove.


Set temperature to 800 and allow 3 whistles.
Then reduce the temperature setting to 120 and set time to 5 minutes.
Then wait till the pressure goes off.
Open and mix well with the ladle.
Broken wheat pongal is ready!!

Now heat a kadai with ghee.
First fry cashews till golden color transfer onto prepared pongal.
Splutter cumin and then add pepper corns and curry leaves.
Transfer and mix well with a ladle.

Serve hot with a dash of 1 or 2 Tsp of ghee.
Enjoy with Pongal Thuvaiyal or Coconut Chutney or Coriander chutney.
Pour 2 tsp of ghee.


Enjoy hotty hot pongal with coconut chutny or pongal thuvaiyal or vengaya vadagam thuvaiyal or pickle or sugar.
This pongal taste very good with curd also.