Oats Pongal

OATS PONGAL

HI all,

How does this recipe look? Like a pongal?

Exactly .. Its Oats pongal. .. Tastes just like rice pongal. Its easy to make and perfect tiffen item.

Ingredients:

Oats - 1 cup

Moong dal (roasted) - 1/2 cup

salt to taste

green chilli - 1 (chopped)

water - 5 cups

ginger - 1 tsp (grated)

To temper:

ghee - 2 tbsp

whole black pepper - 1 tsp

cumin seeds - 1 tsp

curry leaves - 15

cashew nuts - 3 - 5 (optional)

Method:

- in a pressure pan add oats, washed moong dal, salt, green chilli, ginger and water

- leave it for 3 - 4 whistles

- after the steam goes off just smash them.

- in a pan add ghee

- add curry leaves, cumin seeds and pepper

- add cashews and fry till golden colour

- add these to the pongal and mix well

- serve with chutney.

I had prepared onion - coconut chutney as a side dish