Traditional African Foods Traditional Ven-Pongal

African Dish: Traditional Ven-Pongal

Traditional Ven-Pongal Ingredients

1	Pongal.
2	Rice.
3	Slit and dehusked green lentil.
4	Black pepper corns.
5	Cumin seeds.
6	Aesafoetida.
7	piece of ginger crushed.
8	oil.
9	ghee.
10	Salt.
11	Turmeric powder.
12	Tempering.
13	Ghee.
14	Dry red chillies.
15	black pepper and cumin powder.

Cooking Step by Step

Step 1	Roast for few seconds rice and lentil separately and wash and keep aside..
Step 2	In a pressure cooker pan, add ghee and oil and add freshly crushed pepper and cumin seeds along with asafoetida and crushed ginger.
Step 3	Add rice and lentil and fry..
Step 4	Add turmeric powder, cumin powder and salt and fry for 2 minutes..
Step 5	Add water and let it come to a boil. Put the lid and let cook till 2 whistles..
Step 6	Open lid once the cooker cools normally..
Step 7	Add tempering and serve hot with chutney or sambar or just as it is. It taste delicious any which way..