Katte Pongali Prasadam for Lord Ganesha

This is GANESH NAVARATRI time, so everyone does search different varieties of traditional prasadams to offer Lord Ganesha !!! Today I want to share one of the best traditional Prasadam "Katte Pongal"."Katte Pongal" is a traditional Andhra recipe usually served as Prasadam(Prashad) in temples. It is pure comfort food with a unique taste. Tempering with ghee, cashew nuts and peppercorns gives a delicious taste to this dish. I made this prasadam for Lord Ganesha in Ganesh Navratri time, you too try this recipe, offer to Lord Ganesh and get blessed with Ganesha blessings :) It's the simplest and easiest recipe that everyone can make too especially beginners. Today we will learn the making of "Katte Pongal" in Andhra style !! Let us see the ingredients and Procedure.

Ingredients :

1 cup Raw Rice

1/4 cup of Yellow Moong Dal / Pesarapappu

3 - 4  cups of water

3-4 tablespoons Ghee

1 tablespoon cumin seeds/ jeelakarra

1 tablespoon grated Ginger

1 1/2  tablespoons of Peppercorns (crushed into powder)

12 curry leaves

12-15 cashew nuts lightly roasted in ghee till golden colour

5-6 green chillies cut into lengthwise

Salt to taste

Procedure :
1. Take a Pan, dry roast both rice and moong dal separately until it is hot to touch.
2. Fry Cashew nuts in 1 tablespoon of ghee till golden colour and keep aside.
3. In a vessel, add rice and moong dal, wash it twice and rinse completely.
4. In a pressure cooker, add rice and moong dal, water and salt for  4 whistles on medium flame.
5. Open the cooker, once the pressure subsides and transfer it into a serving bowl.
6. Heat 1 tablespoon of ghee, add green chillies, curry leaves, pepper powder, cumin seeds, fried cashew nuts for 2 to 3 seconds and pour it over the rice, dal mix. (you can pour pepper powder slightly for strong pepper flavour)
7. Now add salt to the mixture and mix well, cook on low flame for 
2 seconds. Switch off the flame, and serve hot with coconut chutney or sambhar.