Name: Ven pongal recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: ½ cup rice ((or any - millets, oats, quinoa)); ½ cup moong dal ( or pesara pappu or skinned split mung beans); 2½ to 3 cups water; 1 to 2 tbsp ghee ((you can add more)); 8 Cashew nuts ((or as needed optional)); ½ tsp cumin (or jeera); ½ tsp pepper corn ((crushed)); 1 inch ginger ((grated or paste or sliced or chopped)); 1 sprig curry leaves; 1 Pinch asafoetida (or hing); 1 pinch Turmeric (or haldi); 1 green chili (slit (optional, skip if offering to god))