Huggi
Huggi is a traditional but a very tasty variety of moongdal khichdi/ pongal. While the regular pongal tastes bland and boring to many, huggi has an interesting flavour n spice. Learnt it from Vidya Kamath.
Grind cloves and cinnamon(2 each), quarter inch ginger, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 2 tsp grated coconut, 1-2 green chillies, a few peppercorns, v little tamarind and a few garlic cloves to a dry and slightly coarse paste.
In a pan, take 2-3 tsp of oil/ghee. Sputter 1 tsp of mustard seeds, a sprig of curry leaves and fry one chopped onion along with finely chopped garlic(3-4 cloves). To this, add the ground paste and saute till it loses its rawness. Pour twice the amount of water as rice+greengram dal (1:1) and bring to boil. Add 2 pinches of turmeric powder, required amount of salt, washed rice+ green gram dal and cook on medium flame. When half done, cover and cook till its completely cooked. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with a tsp of ghee m roasted cashews.
Grind cloves and cinnamon(2 each), quarter inch ginger, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds, 2 tsp grated coconut, 1-2 green chillies, a few peppercorns, v little tamarind and a few garlic cloves to a dry and slightly coarse paste.
In a pan, take 2-3 tsp of oil/ghee. Sputter 1 tsp of mustard seeds, a sprig of curry leaves and fry one chopped onion along with finely chopped garlic(3-4 cloves). To this, add the ground paste and saute till it loses its rawness. Pour twice the amount of water as rice+greengram dal (1:1) and bring to boil. Add 2 pinches of turmeric powder, required amount of salt, washed rice+ green gram dal and cook on medium flame. When half done, cover and cook till its completely cooked. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with a tsp of ghee m roasted cashews.
posted by Reshma @ 9:10 PM |
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