Happy Pongal and Happy New Year to you all !
Pongal is a harvest festival where Hindus give thanks to the Gods of Earth and Cattle. This festival is celebrated in South India and lasts for four days. Pongal gets its name from the Tamil word meaning "to boil". It is held in the month of January during the season when rice is harvested.
Pongal is usually either sweet or a spicy rice dish with each having their own versions. This recipe is my mother-in-law's version and is a huge favorite in our family. Thanks for both recipes Dipta! :) Enjoy this Pongal recipe and the delicious vegetable gravy that goes with it !
Ingredients:
4 cups Milk
1/2 cup water
1 cup rice
salt to taste
Method:
1. Soak rice in water for 10 minutes.
2. Take a stock pot, add milk, water and bring to a boil.
3. Add rice to stock pot and keep stirring until rice is cooked.
4. Add salt, mix well and remove from heat.
Ingredients:
1 yam
1 taro
1 sweet potato (Indian)
1 cup peanuts
1/2 cup green beans
2-4 green chillies (to taste)
1 cup pumpkin
1-2 tbsps sambar powder/rasam powder (to taste)
Salt to taste
small piece of jaggery
lime size tamarind
Method:
1. Cut all vegetables into bite size chunks.
2. Add veggies, peanuts and green chillies into a pressure cooker.
3. Add enough water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
4. Remove from heat and let it cool.
5. Add salt, jaggery, tamrind, rasam powder/ sambar powder and mix well.
6. Bring to a boil.
Serve Spicy Vegetable Gravy with Paal Pongal !
Pongal is usually either sweet or a spicy rice dish with each having their own versions. This recipe is my mother-in-law's version and is a huge favorite in our family. Thanks for both recipes Dipta! :) Enjoy this Pongal recipe and the delicious vegetable gravy that goes with it !
Paal (Milk) Pongal
Serves: 2Ingredients:
4 cups Milk
1/2 cup water
1 cup rice
salt to taste
Method:
1. Soak rice in water for 10 minutes.
2. Take a stock pot, add milk, water and bring to a boil.
3. Add rice to stock pot and keep stirring until rice is cooked.
4. Add salt, mix well and remove from heat.
Spicy Vegetable Gravy
Serves:4Ingredients:
1 yam
1 taro
1 sweet potato (Indian)
1 cup peanuts
1/2 cup green beans
2-4 green chillies (to taste)
1 cup pumpkin
1-2 tbsps sambar powder/rasam powder (to taste)
Salt to taste
small piece of jaggery
lime size tamarind
Method:
1. Cut all vegetables into bite size chunks.
2. Add veggies, peanuts and green chillies into a pressure cooker.
3. Add enough water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
4. Remove from heat and let it cool.
5. Add salt, jaggery, tamrind, rasam powder/ sambar powder and mix well.
6. Bring to a boil.
Serve Spicy Vegetable Gravy with Paal Pongal !
Yummy, what else can I serve the Paal Pongal with? and How is an Indian sweet potato different?
ReplyDeleteHey Geets you can eat it with anything thats a gravy and spicy. Hmm I believe in Trinidad we get the Indian sweet potato so you can use that. Thanks for your comment :)
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