Pongal: Both ways, Sweet and Savoury

Birthday Boys lunch, he had eaten some but it looked good so I took a picture!

Savoury pongal

Sweet Pongal

Savoury Pongal

Ingredients: 

• mong dal 1/3 cup
• rice 1 cup
• cumin 
• pepper
• cut ginger
• coriander leaves
• curry leaves

method:

1. lightly roast the mong dal
2. add rice and dal to pressure cooker with 4 cups of water and let the whistle go 2 times
3. then simmer for 5 minutes 
4. heat oil or ghee and add spices, curry leaves and salt then add to the pongal

This is a easy and tasty traditional South Indian dish actually eaten on Pongal (Harvest Festival in Jan, way back on one of my earliest blog posts I made this LOL)

For Sweet pongal do the same steps but in step 4 heat ghee with cashew nuts and raison's add to pongal with jaggery (raw sugar)

Murug's Mum made this and sambar for the birthday boys lunch, what a treat to have you Mum cooking for you.