Wheat grits/Broken Wheat Pongal (Gothumai mainoi Pongal) 碎麦豆粥🔗

Water - 2 padi 淨水 Heat this in a Thavalai (wide mouth pan). 用一個Thavalaii(廣口釜形鍋)煮水︒

Ghee - 10 palam 酥油

Heat this in a 3 padi water capacity Thavalai (wide mouthed pan) on the other side of the firewood stove. 在柴火爐另一側的 3 padi 容量的Thavalaii(廣口釜形鍋)中

加熱酥油︒

Wheat Grits (Bansi Rava) - ½ padi 麥碎/粗麥粉 Add this to the heated ghee and keep stirring for 5 minutes. Then add the dal which was spread on the cloth, to the pongal pongal

roasting wheat grits and mix. Then, pour the water boiling on the other side of the stove, ladle by ladle, on the roasting wheat grits and dal, and mix each time. The water should not be added altogether at once. After pouring all the water ladle by ladle, close the vessel with another vessel. Check if the wheat grits and dal is ¾th cooked.

麥碎加入熱酥油中,持續翻炒 5 分鐘︒然後將鋪在布上的 孟恩豆混入炒碎麥中︒接著,將爐火另一端煮沸的水,一 勺一勺地,澆在油炒的碎麥和孟恩豆上,每澆一勺都攪一 遍麥豆︒水不應一次全部倒入︒一勺一勺地澆完水,用另 一器皿蓋好米粥容器︒察看麥豆是否已¾ 分熟︒

Turmeric Powder - veesam (¹⁄₁₆) palam 薑黃粉 Sprinkle this on the pongal.

將薑黃粉灑在粥上︒

Cumin Seeds - ¼ palam 孜然 Crush these in between both your palms, add to the pongal and stir it well.

用雙手掌壓碎,加入粥並充分攪拌︒

White Pepper - ½ palam* 白胡椒** Break these into half pods and add to the pongal. Then,* 將白胡椒莢對半分開並添入粥中︒然後,

Powdered Salt - ½ palam 鹽末 Ghee - 5 palam 酥油

add these one after the other and mix well. Place the vessel on the heat of the live coal(from burnt firewood) for 5 minutes. 依次添加鹽和油,混合均勻︒將鍋置於(燃木而成的)活 炭上熱 5 分鐘︒

Grated Coconut - 8 palam 椰絲 This also can be added to the pongal and then used. Instead of grated coconut, 5 palam cashew nuts can also be used as mentioned in Note below. pongal pongal

椰絲添入麥豆粥並隨後用之︒也可用 5 palam 腰果代替椰 絲,如注釋中所述︒

White pepper means- Black pepper should be soaked in water overnight. On the next day, the water should be drained and the pepper should be put on a gunny bag or woolen cloth and rubbed against each other. While rubbing,the skin of the pepper is removed and the pepper turns white. This is called white pepper. 白胡椒是指 ——黑胡椒在水 中浸泡一夜︒次日瀝乾水份,將胡椒放在麻布袋或棉布上相互摩擦︒ 揉搓時,胡椒皮被去除,椒粒變白︒這被稱為白胡椒︒

Note: Wherever almonds are to be used in recipes, soak the almond Seeds in hot water, peel the brown skin and slice them into small clovelike pieces. These can be used by frying or without roast as mentioned in the respective recipes. If Cashew nuts are to be used, remove the red skin, roast and use. 注:凡是在食譜中使用杏仁的地方,將杏仁浸泡在 熱水中,剝去褐色外皮,切成丁香狀小粒︒杏仁碎丁可經煎炒,或 未經焙炒使用,依相應食譜所述︒若要用到腰果,去其紅皮,煨烤 使用︒ pongal pongal

Good Quality Rice - ½ padi 優質大米 Moong Dal/ Petite Yellow Lentil - ¼ padi 孟恩豆/小黃扁豆 Mix these two together, wash well and drain the water and keep aside.

混合二者,洗淨,瀝乾,放置一旁︒

Ghee - ¼ palam 酥油