VennPongal

This is a classic tiffin of tamilnadu and my fav tiffin ever.This is very simple to make and can be done within 20 mins.Best suitable for bachelors.

Raw rice or sona masoori rice - 1 cup
Moon dhal - 1/2 cup
salt as per taste
jeera - 2 tsp
black pepper - 10
ginger - 2 tsp grated
curry leaves for thadka optional
ghee - 2 Tbsp
cashew nut - 5 (optional)

Heat the pan and fry rice and moong dhal together for 2 mins . Then pressure cook the moong dhal and rice for 2 whistles .( for 1 cup rice , 3 cups of water required). Again put 3 tsp of ghee in pan and heat .Once the ghee is hot add jeera, grated ginger , pepper , curry leaves, cashew nuts.once the pepper splutter , switch off the flame. Open the cooker and add rest of the ghee , salt and the thadka. Pongal is now ready. It can be served with sambhar , coconut chutney along with medu vada.