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Ven Pongal or Ghee Rice Ingredients Raw rice – 1 cup (175 grams) Green gram dhal – ½ cup (75 grams) Ghee – 3 tablespoons Refined oil – 3 tablespoons Cashew nuts – 10 grams Ginger – 1/4 inch piece (finely grated) Mustard seeds – 1 tea spoon Black gram – 1 tea spoon Cumin seed (jeera) – 1 teaspoon Black pepper – 1 teaspoon Curry leaves – 1 sprig Method of preparation Wash rice and dhal together 3 - 4 times. In a cooker add three and a half cups of water and cook rice and dhal together till done. Pour 3 spoons of ghee and 3 spoons of refined oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds. When the mustard crackles add black gram, cumin, pepper, finely chopped ginger, curry leaves and fried cashew nuts. Add this and ½ tea spoon of salt to the cooked rice – dhal mixture and stir for a few minutes on a low flame. Serve Venpongal with sambar and chutney.