Celebrate Navratri with tasty pongal

Pongal is the perfect dish to kick off the colourful and vibrant Navratri celebrations. Here is an easy recipe to whip up a tasty pongal dish for your loved ones.

Ingredients
1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup split green gram
4 tsp ghee
1/2 tsp crushed pepper
1/2 tsp crushed ginger
10 cashews
1/2 tsp cumin
1 pinch asafoetida
2 dried chillies

Preparation
In a vessel, slightly heat the rice and split green gram
Heat ghee in a pan and roast it
In a pressure cooker, add the roasted rice, split green gram, and salt
Pour 4 cups of water and cook well
Turn of the heat when the cooker whistles 4 times
In a wok, heat some ghee
Add the crushed pepper, ginger, cumin, asafoetida, dried chillies, and cashews
Sauté well
Add this sautéed mixture to the cooked rice and split green gram
Mix well
Tastes best when served hot
Pongal can be served with spicy chutney.