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Spinach Pongal

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Spinach 1 bunch finely chopped
Raw rice 1 cup
Moong dhal 3/4 cup
Ginger 1 inch finely chopped
Green chillies 4 to 5
Milk 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds 1 spn
Whole black pepper 1 spn
Ghee 3 spn
Mustard seeds 1/2 spn
Cashew 7 to 8 chopped or whole
Curry leaves few
Salt as required

Heat a pressure cooker or instant pot..
Add the rice , dhal , spinach, ginger , green chilies and salt..
Add water 5 to 6 cups and milk too..
Check salt..
Pressure cook for 2 whistle ..
If instant pot keep pressure cooker mode for 4 to 5 minutes…

Once its done mash it..
Heat a pan..
Add ghee..
Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, cashews, whole pepper.. fry in medium flame until cashew cooked well..
Add curry leaves too..
Mix it with prepared pongal..
Serve hot with sambar and coconut chutney..
Yummy healthy spinach pongal ready…

Ven Pongal

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Raw rice 1 cup
Moong dhal 1/2 cup
Ginger grated 1/2 spn
Green chilies 3
Jeera 1/2 spn
Whole pepper 1/2 spn
Cashew 6 to 7
Curry leaves few
Mustard 1/2 spn
Ghee 3 spn
Hing 1 pinch
Salt as required
Water 3 cups
Milk 1 cup

Wash rice and moong dhal and soak it
Heat a pressure cooker
Add ghee
Add hing, mustard
Once it crackle add jeera , whole pepper, ginger, curry leaves
Add cashew too
Add rice and moong dhal
Fry for 3 mins
Add water and milk and salt too
Pressure cook for three whistle

Mix well..serve hot with sambar and coconut chutney…

Rice dhal can be cooked separately with water and milk
Do the seasoning and mix it
This is another method…
Add water and milk

Wheat Rava Sweet Pongal

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Wheat rava 1 cup
Moong dhal 1/2 cup
Jaggery 3 cups
Water 3 cups
Milk 1 cup
Ghee 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder 1/4 spn
Few Raisin and cashew roasted in ghee

Heat a pressure cooker
Add a spn of ghee
Add moong dhal fry well
Add wheat rava fry for a minute
Add water and milk
Pressure cook it

Meanwhile melt the jaggery with little water
Once wheat rava cooked well add the melted jaggery in it
Cook in medium flame without burning
Add cardamom powder raisins and cashew
Add more ghee mix well
Once it started releasing ghee its done
Serve hot 😋😋😋