Festival lunch preparation
To chop
Mixed vegetables for sambar Tomato for rasam Beans for poriyal Cucumber for pachadi Raw mango for pickle Cashews for Ven pongal and Sakkarai pongal
To Soak
Soak urad dal for vadai toor dal for sambar and rasam Rice and moong dal for Ven pongal and Sakkarai pongal
If you are using frozen coconut thaw them
To Pressure cook
Toor dal for sambar and rasam Cook rice Beans with little water, oil, and salt for beans poriyal Potatoes with turmeric powder and water for potato fry Rice, moong dal, water and ghee for Ven pongal and Sakkarai pongal
To Grind
Coconut and green chilli for Cucumber pachadi Urad dal with little cold water for vadai
To Temper
Mustard seed in ghee for Cucumber pachadi Cashews and raisins in ghee for Sakkarai pongal Mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, and cumin seeds in ghee for Rasam Cashee ,pepper, curry leaves, cumin seeds and ginger in ghee for Ven pongal Urad dal, mustard seeds, and red chili in coconut oil for Beans poriyal Mustard seeds in sesame oil for Instant mango pickle
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Pongal festival lunch
Sakkarai Pongal
Prepare jaggery water and strain Mash the cooked dal and rice and add milk Add jaggery water, cardamom powder, ghee and pinch of salt; cook Finally add pinch of edible camphor and turn off the stove
Ven pongal
Mash the cooked rice and dal Add water, salt and ghee; mix well. Cook for 3 minutes Finally add tempering; mix well and turn off the stove
Other Pongal recipes in TMF
Mixed vegetables Sambar
Temper and saute vegetables Add sambar powder, tamarind paste, water, and other required ingredients for sambar; boil Furthermore, add dal and boil Finally add coriander leaves and asafeotida; boil
Check out sambar, kuzhambu recipes, coconut-based recipes, kootu recipes in TMF
Paruppu rasam
Saute tomatoes Boil tamarind, rasam powder, salt, and other ingredients Add cooked dal and bring to a frothy boil Finally, add the tempering and turn off the rasam
Check out other rasam varieties in TMF
Potato Fry
Peel the potato and roughly chop them Do tempering and add the required ingredients, saute potato in low flame
Beans poriyal
To the bean poriyal tempering, add cooked beans and coconut and prepare poriyal
Check out beans paruppu usili, beans thengai podi usili, potato-based recipes, and poriyal recipes in TMF
Medu vadai
Refrigerate the vadai batter for 30 minutes Heat oil Mix all the ingredients for vadai and fry vadai
Check out other vadai recipes in TMF
Instant mango pickle
In a mixing bowl add chopped mangoes, red chilli powder, salt, and fenugreek powder Finally, add the tempering and mix well
Check out other pickle varieties in TMF
Add salt to the dal and mix well Serve the meal with a dollop of ghee
