Yellow Pongal Recipe with step by step pictures. This manjal pongal is simple and easy classic South Indian breakfast recipe which has rice and yellow moong dal cooked together to an almost mushy state and seasoned with cumin and black pepper.
Yellow Pongal
Ingredients for Yellow Pongal Recipe (Manjal Pongal Recipe)
- Rice - 1 cup (You can use Raw Rice / Pacharisi too)
- Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu - ½ cup
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 2 tsp
- Black Pepper - 2 tsp Crushed
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi -1 tsp
- Water - 5 cup
- Ghee - 1 tbsp
How to Make Yellow Pongal Recipe (Manjal Pongal Recipe)
- Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash well.
- Take everything in a pressure cooker, except ghee. Mix well and pressure cook for 4 whistle.
- Simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam escape all by itself.
- Now open the cooker and add ghee. Mix well.
- Serve.
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Yellow Pongal Recipe (Manjal Pongal Recipe)
Ingredients
Instructions
- Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash well.
- Take everything in a pressure cooker, except ghee. Mix well and pressure cook for 4 whistle.
- Simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam escape all by itself.
- Now open the cooker and add ghee. Mix well.
- Serve.
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Yellow Pongal Recipe Step by Step
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I used normal cooking rice, but traditionally raw rice (pacharisi) is used |
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