Home style Sooji Pongal Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of Shivtara Sooji
- ½ cup of moong dal
- 1.5 cups of water
- 1 tsp of black peppercorns
- 1 tsp of Cumin/Jeera
- ¼ cup + 2 tbsp of ghee
- ¼ tsp of hing
- 10-12 cashew nuts halved
- A few curry leaves
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Method:
- Cook the moong dal with 1.5 cups water until mushy and soft in the pressure cooker.
- Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan and add the pepper and jeera along with cashew nuts. Roast until the cashew nuts turn a golden brown and then add the Shivtara Sooji.
- Roast on low fire for about 5 mins until Shivtara Sooji begins to turn golden brown.
- Add the salt and hing. Mix well.
- Next, add the cooked moong dal. Mix well and cook on a low flame.
- Boil 2 1/2 cups of water and add the boiling water to the Sooji-moong dal mixture and mix well.
- Next add the ¼ cup ghee.
- Keep stirring until you see the mixture thicken and leave the sides of the pan.
- Your Home style Sooji pongal is done. Serve hot with sambar & chutney