Mahadeva's Bhaga Sasthra

48. Gujarati Pongal

Heat ghee in a pan and add cut onions, cut garlic, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, pepper and cumin seeds. Fry all these except the cumin seeds separately and set aside. Add the cumin seeds and grind it to a fine paste. Fry de-skinned moong dal in the same ghee and remove the rest of the ghee.
Wash rice and remove the water and mix the ground masala in this. Take water in a 2 padi water holding capacity pot and when it boils, add the masala, rice, dal mixture in it. When it is almost done, add ginger and salt after removing the skin of ginger.
Keep on slow fire for five minutes and remove the Pongal. Add the ghee and mix well again.