Ven Pongal Recipe is one of the most important South Indian breakfast. This Instant pot Pongal recipe is a small effort to make with the comfort of an Instant pot.
The flavor of fried peppercorns, ginger, chili, curry leaves makes a wonderful moment, even made with the modern innovation, the Instant pot.
This Instant pot Pongal recipe tastes similar to the 'pongal prasadham' served in temples. It is a filling food, so we, our family moved this breakfast menu to our dinner menu.
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Pongal is a South Indian dish made in sweet or savory version. Today we are looking into the savory version, which is called as ven pongal or khara pongal.
Instant pot is the modern kitchen gadget to cook effortlessly. Instant pot Pongal is the popular South Indian dish cooked in the Instant pot.
This ven Pongal recipe is one of the most important breakfast recipes of South India. In South India, especially in the State of Tamil Nadu, this is one of the must dish on their festive occasion which is culturally tied up. Any celebration does start with the making of Pongal, and this shows how important it is in their tradition.
This hot Pongal recipe is spicy rice cooked with moong dal(skinless mung bean) and seasoned with peppercorn, ginger, curry leaves.
How does this taste like?
This Instant pot Pongal does taste creamy and savory with the intense aroma of pepper, ginger, and curry leaves. Looking for a hot Pongal recipe, this one is for you and will not disappoint you for sure. If you belong to the State of Tamil Nadu and have tasted the food from the temple, this one tastes similar to the temple Pongal recipe.
The combination of ingredients does the magic here, the peppercorns, green chili, curry leaves, ginger, and asafoetida brings out unimaginable aroma which tempts to make very often. No doubt why this one tops the South Indian breakfast menu list.
How to make Instant Pot pongal?
Making in Instant pot is easy and stress-free.
Setting up. Set Instant Pot to saute mode.
Seasoning. Add cooking oil, peppercorns, cumin seeds, ginger, curry leaves, green chili, asafoetida one by one with 30 seconds interval. That is, allow each of these ingredients to sizzle in the oil for 30 seconds before adding the next one.
Add the main ingredients. Now add water, rice, moong dal, and salt. Watch out while adding water, as you are adding to the hot pan.
Cook. Close the lid and seal the valve. Set the Instant Pot in 12 minutes. Yes, cook the rice a little longer than your usual time. As mushy rice is great for the ven Pongal recipe.
Preparing to serve. Allow the steam to release naturally. Open the lid and stir gently to combine all the ingredients together.
Serve. Add fried cashew nuts and drizzle ghee(clarified butter) and serve hot.
How to prepare with a Pressure cooker?
You can use the same Instant pot Pongal recipe to make in the pressure cooker. You can follow the same recipe, except the settings for Instant Pot.
You can do all the sauteing work straight into the pressure cooker, you do not need to use your lining pots. Add all the seasoning ingredients like the cooking oil, peppercorns, cumin seeds, green chili, curry leaves, and asafoetida.
Then add rice, moong dal, water, and salt. Close the lid and allow it to cook in medium flame for 1 whistle and for two whistles in slow flame. Cooking in slow flame for two whistles does all the wonders, to cook rice and moong dal soft and moist.
Best to serve with
This Instant pot Pongal is best to serve with coconut chutney, Udipi sambar, vada(savory lentil donuts).
However, if I make this one as a regular breakfast dish, then I generally serve with lemon or mango pickle.
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Instant pot Pongal
Instant pot Pongal Recipe is one of the most important authentic South Indian breakfast made with the Instant Pot that tastes delicious.
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Servings: 4 people
Calories: 134kcal
Ingredients
For prepping
- 1 cup rice
- ¼ cup moong dal / split moong bean
For making
- 3 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp whole black pepper
- ¾ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp ginger grated
- 1 green chili
- 8 curry leaves
- 1 tsp asafoetida
- 1 tsp salt or as required
- 3 cups water
Instructions
For prepping
- Rinse rice and moong dal until water is clear.
- Gently crush the ginger and set aside.
For making
- Over medium heat, in the pressure cooker pan, add vegetable oil, black pepper, cumin seeds, green chili, asafoetida, curry leaves, and crushed ginger.
- Then add water, salt, rice, and moong dal.
- Close the lid of the cooker and seal the vent.
- Cook in high flame till the first whistle and another 10 minutes in low heat(or cook it according to your regular cooking time of your pressure cooker).
- Wait for 10 minutes until the pressure to release naturally.
- Open the lid and gently mash with a ladle. And serve hot with chutney.
Notes
- Serve along with sambar, brinjal kothsu, coconut chutney. I find it tastes delicious with mango pickle.
- Actually, it is a breakfast recipe, we prefer to have for dinner as well.
- For the consistency add a little more water accordingly to reach the desired consistency.
Nutrition
Calories: 134kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 624mg | Potassium: 34mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 101IU | Vitamin C: 41mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 1mg
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Pongal is a South Indian dish made in sweet or savory version. Today we are looking into the savory version, which is called as ven pongal or khara pongal.
Instant pot is the modern kitchen gadget to cook effortlessly. Instant pot Pongal is the popular South Indian dish cooked in the Instant pot.
This ven Pongal recipe is one of the most important breakfast recipes of South India. In South India, especially in the State of Tamil Nadu, this is one of the must dish on their festive occasion which is culturally tied up. Any celebration does start with the making of Pongal, and this shows how important it is in their tradition.
This hot Pongal recipe is spicy rice cooked with moong dal(skinless mung bean) and seasoned with peppercorn, ginger, curry leaves.
How does this taste like?
This Instant pot Pongal does taste creamy and savory with the intense aroma of pepper, ginger, and curry leaves. Looking for a hot Pongal recipe, this one is for you and will not disappoint you for sure. If you belong to the State of Tamil Nadu and have tasted the food from the temple, this one tastes similar to the temple Pongal recipe.
The combination of ingredients does the magic here, the peppercorns, green chili, curry leaves, ginger, and asafoetida brings out unimaginable aroma which tempts to make very often. No doubt why this one tops the South Indian breakfast menu list.
How to make Instant Pot pongal?
Making in Instant pot is easy and stress-free.
Setting up. Set Instant Pot to saute mode.
Seasoning. Add cooking oil, peppercorns, cumin seeds, ginger, curry leaves, green chili, asafoetida one by one with 30 seconds interval. That is, allow each of these ingredients to sizzle in the oil for 30 seconds before adding the next one.
Add the main ingredients. Now add water, rice, moong dal, and salt. Watch out while adding water, as you are adding to the hot pan.
Cook. Close the lid and seal the valve. Set the Instant Pot in 12 minutes. Yes, cook the rice a little longer than your usual time. As mushy rice is great for the ven Pongal recipe.
Preparing to serve. Allow the steam to release naturally. Open the lid and stir gently to combine all the ingredients together.
Serve. Add fried cashew nuts and drizzle ghee(clarified butter) and serve hot.
How to prepare with a Pressure cooker?
You can use the same Instant pot Pongal recipe to make in the pressure cooker. You can follow the same recipe, except the settings for Instant Pot.
You can do all the sauteing work straight into the pressure cooker, you do not need to use your lining pots. Add all the seasoning ingredients like the cooking oil, peppercorns, cumin seeds, green chili, curry leaves, and asafoetida.
Then add rice, moong dal, water, and salt. Close the lid and allow it to cook in medium flame for 1 whistle and for two whistles in slow flame. Cooking in slow flame for two whistles does all the wonders, to cook rice and moong dal soft and moist.
Best to serve with
This Instant pot Pongal is best to serve with coconut chutney, Udipi sambar, vada(savory lentil donuts).
However, if I make this one as a regular breakfast dish, then I generally serve with lemon or mango pickle.
Printable recipe card
Instant pot Pongal
Ingredients
For prepping
- 1 cup rice
- ¼ cup moong dal / split moong bean
For making
- 3 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp whole black pepper
- ¾ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp ginger grated
- 1 green chili
- 8 curry leaves
- 1 tsp asafoetida
- 1 tsp salt or as required
- 3 cups water
Instructions
For prepping
- Rinse rice and moong dal until water is clear.
- Gently crush the ginger and set aside.
For making
- Over medium heat, in the pressure cooker pan, add vegetable oil, black pepper, cumin seeds, green chili, asafoetida, curry leaves, and crushed ginger.
- Then add water, salt, rice, and moong dal.
- Close the lid of the cooker and seal the vent.
- Cook in high flame till the first whistle and another 10 minutes in low heat(or cook it according to your regular cooking time of your pressure cooker).
- Wait for 10 minutes until the pressure to release naturally.
- Open the lid and gently mash with a ladle. And serve hot with chutney.
Notes
- Serve along with sambar, brinjal kothsu, coconut chutney. I find it tastes delicious with mango pickle.
- Actually, it is a breakfast recipe, we prefer to have for dinner as well.
- For the consistency add a little more water accordingly to reach the desired consistency.
Nutrition
Do not forget to check out another recipe for Chutney, Try this Onion Chutney here in PepperBowl.
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