Oats Pongal

Ingredients:

Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Oats - 1 cup
Green chili - 2
Mustard seeds/Urad dal - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves

Direction:

• Dry fry the moong dal and pressure cook it for 1 whistle.
• Again dry fry the oats for 10 minutes and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds,urad dal,urry leaves,cumin seeds and pepper.
• Saute them for a while.
• Add little water and moong dal.
• Add the oats when dal starts to thicken.
• Add required amount of salt and serve hot with sambar.

Venpongal

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup
Moong dal - 3tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Pepper - 1/4 tsp
Garlic - 5 nos
Ginger - little bit
Curry leaves
Ghee - 1tsp

Direction:

• Fry the moong dal for 5 minutes.
• Add dal to the rice and wash them well.
• Heat oil in a pan,put mustard seeds,cumin seeds,garlic,ginger and curry leaves.
• Saute them well.
• Add this to the rice and dal mixture.
• Add 1 tsp of ghee and salt.
• Add required water and cook in a rice cooker or pressure cooker.