Breakfast- Khara Pongal

Khara Pongal

Ingredients:
- moong dal - 1 cup
- rice - 1 cup
- pepper - 8-12
- pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
- ginger paste - 4 tsp
- jeera powder - 2 tsp
- jeera  - 3 tsp
- green chili - 2
- salt to taste
- oil & ghee

Chutney Ingredients:
- grated coconut  - 1/2 cup
- roasted groundnuts / kadale pappu - 1/2 cup
- green chili - 4
- coriander leaves
- crashed ginger
- salt

Method:
- firstly, roast the moong dal in a pan in a medium heat and then wash the same. Later add  1 cup of washed moong and 1 cup of washed rice in a pressure cooker and add 5-6 cups of water to it. Add little bit of salt, 2 tsps of oil, 2 sliced green chilli, 5-6 peppers and place the lid closed and then wait for 2 whistles.
- In the meanwhile for preparing Chutney, add grated coconut, roasted groundnuts/kadale pappu, green chili, crashed ginger, salt and grind it. The Chutney should be a bit spicy, so please add the max spice what you or your guests will prefer. Then at last add Coriander leaves and just grind it once again.
- By the time the we get the whistle, the Chutney would be ready.
- We had to do 'Hogaranne' now. In a small pan add 5-6 tsps of ghee, add lot of jeera seeds, pepper seeds, crashed ginger and some curry leaves.
- Put this hogaranne mix with the boiled rice & moong dal and stir well. As you know that, Khara pongal water consistency will be more. If you find out water consistency is less, then add some glasses of hot water and extra pepper & jeera powder if required.

Note: Serve the Khara pongal always along with the spicy chutney & ghee on it.