South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar
South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, south indian breakfast - ven pongal & kadamba sambhar. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Ven Pongal is a hearty breakfast from Southern India that is sure to get your day started right. I once read that "All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast" - and can't agree with it more. Breakfast is a very important meal as it kick starts the day, pepping us with all the energy.

South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook south indian breakfast - ven pongal & kadamba sambhar using 26 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar:
  1. Make ready For Pongal :
  2. Prepare 1/2 Cup Raw Rice
  3. Make ready 1/4 cup Moong Dhal/Paasi Parupu
  4. Get 1 tsp Ginger chopped
  5. Take 1 pinch Hing/Asafoetida
  6. Take 1 tsp Black Pepper Corns
  7. Make ready 1 tsp pepper powder
  8. Make ready 2 tbsp ghee
  9. Take 2 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
  10. Get 1/3 cup Milk
  11. Take as needed Few Cashew Nuts
  12. Make ready as needed Curry Leaves Little
  13. Take to taste Salt as per taste
  14. Prepare For Kadamba Sambhar:
  15. Prepare 2 tsp Oil
  16. Make ready 1 tsp Methi /Fenugreek seeds
  17. Take as needed Mixed Veggies(Carrot,Beans,Peas,Sweet Potato,Potato) You can add veggies of your choice
  18. Get as needed Small Ball of Tamarind (Extract Paste)
  19. Make ready 2 tsp Sambhar Powder
  20. Take 1 tsp Coriander Powder
  21. Prepare 1/3 cup Toor Dhal + 2tbsp Moong Dhal with little Turmeric Powder (Pressure cook it for 3 whistles)
  22. Take To Temper:
  23. Prepare 1 tsp Mustard Seeds
  24. Prepare 1/2 tsp Urad Dhal
  25. Get as needed Curry Leaves Few
  26. Make ready to taste Salt

Basically ven pongal is a south Indian version of the Dal khichdi. For many South Indians it is a comfort food as it is quick to prepare and is light on It can be prepared quickly for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Pongal is protein packed, tastes delicious with a good aroma of ghee and seasoned ingredients. Ven Pongal is a savory south Indian breakfast food which is made using rice and yellow moong dal, tempered with cumin seeds, black peppercorns, ginger, curry leaves and ghee and garnished with cashew nuts. ‹ › ‹ › Traditionally it is prepared during the harvest festival "PONGAL".

Instructions to make South Indian Breakfast - Ven Pongal & Kadamba Sambhar:
  1. For Pongal: Dry Roast raw rice and moong dhal in a pressure cooker.
  2. Keep that aside.Add 1 tbsp ghee,ginger and hing.Saute for a min.
  3. Add 3 cups of water,required salt and pressure cook them for 3 or 4 whistles.
  4. Once cooker is released mash the cooked rice and dhal well (Add water if it is too dry) and boil for sometime.
  5. In the end before tempering add milk and mix well and boil for a min. (This gives pongal a creamy texture and an awesome taste).
  6. Add the black pepper powder.
  7. Take a tempering pan and add 1 or 2 tbsp of ghee. Once it is hot add the jeera,black pepper corns,curry leaves and cashew nuts. Saute well.
  8. Add the tempering to the pongal and serve hot with Sambhar and Chutney.
  9. Kadamba Sambhar: In a kadai add little oil. Once it heats up add little mustard seeds. Once it splutters add the methi seeds and saute.
  10. Add the mixed veggies and saute them for a min.
  11. Add the Sambhar Powder,Coriander Powder and salt and mix it well.
  12. Extract the tamarind and add them to the sambhar and add water.
  13. Boil them till the veggies get cooked well.
  14. Mash the toor dhal+moong dhal and add them by adjusting water if required.
  15. Boil till you get the froth and temper with Mustard seeds,Urad Dhal and Curry leaves.

Just hearing this word brings me pleasant memories of Chennai. There is probably no other south Indian breakfast that would ring in such nostalgic memories. Ven pongal is a very easy and comfort food. Learn how to make ven pongal with step by step pictures. Mostly in weekend mornings I make ven pongal it to laze around.

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