Hot Pongal

Ingredients

1. Rice -  1cup
2. Moong daal  - 3/4cup
3. Salt - as per the taste

Ingredients for Seasoning/Tadaka/Talimpu

1. Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp
2. Jeera         - 1/2tsp
3. Channa daal   - 1/2tsp
4. Green chillies - 4no
5. Red chilles    -  3no
6. Peppercorns  -  1/2tsp
7. Curry leaves   - 6 no
8. Oil            - 2 or 3tsp
9. Ghee           - 2 tsp 
10. Coriander leaves  - few
11. Cashew-nuts     - few
12. Salt            -  as per the taste

Procedure

1. Mix rice and moong daal, add some around 2 or 3cups of water, salt and put it pressure cooker for 2-3 whistles(make sure the rice should cook very softly).
2. For preparing tadaka/seasoning/thalimpu, take a kadai and put 2 or 3 tsp of oil into it and add ghee, mustard seeds, jeera, peppercorns, greenchilles, redchilles, cashew-nuts and suate them well.
3. Now add the above tadaka to the rice mixture and add some coriander leaves while removing from stone.
4. Pongal is ready!! You can add more ghee for better taste.
5. Serve the hot pongal with peanut chutney.