Broken wheat Pongal| Vegetable Pongal recipe

Broken wheat pongal | Vegetable Pongal recipe, a healthy and easy south Indian breakfast made using samba wheat, moong dal and veggies. The addition of pepper and cumin seeds makes it flavourful. Broken wheat pongal | Veg pongal recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Ven pongal| Khara pongal is a popular South Indian breakfast that is made with rice. I have already posted Millet ven pongal and rava pongal. This time i wanted to add some veggies to the pongal. The broken wheat pongal recipe is already available in Jeyashris kitchen Android app. This one is with the variation of veggies which makes it healthier.

We generally love sambar to pair with Ven pongal but gotsu and chutneys also pair very well with Khara pongal. Check out our Onion gotsu, kalyana gotsu and hotel sambar recipe.

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Broken wheat Pongal

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Broken wheat Pongal

Healthy and easy Broken wheat Ven Pongal with veggies

Course Breakfast, Dinner

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 2 people

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

• 1 cup Broken wheat | Samba wheat | dalia
• ¼ cup Yellow moong dal
• ¾ cup Mixed veggies
• 2 tsp Ginger grated
• Cashew nuts few optional
• 1 tsp Pepper
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• Curry leaves few
• Asafoetida 2 pinches
• 5- 6 cups Water
• ½ tblsp Oil
• 1 tblsp Ghee
• Salt as needed

Instructions

• In a pressure cooker add ½ tblsp of oil and 1 tblsp ghee.
• Add 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 2 tsp grated ginger, asafoetida and curry leaves.
• If you want to add some cashew nuts (optional).
• Cook till the nuts turn golden brown.
• Now add in ¾ cup mixed veggies.
• I took carrot, beans and green peas. Mix well
• Add in ¼ cup yellow moong dal. You can add ½ cup also.
• We can add the broken wheat now and mix well.
• Add 5-6 cups of water and add salt.
• Cover the pressure cooker
• Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
• Switch off and wait for the pressure to release completely.
• Once pressure releases, open the cooker.
• Mix well.
• Drizzle ghee if needed
• Broken wheat pongal ready.
• Serve hot with onion gotsu or capsicum sambar or coconut chutney.

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Notes

You can coarsely grind the pepper, cumin, ginger and curry leaves and add in oil.
2. Turmeric powder can be added to the Broken wheat Pongal.

• In a pressure cooker add ½ tblsp of oil and 1 tblsp ghee.
• Add 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 2 tsp grated ginger, asafoetida and curry leaves.
• If you want to add some cashew nuts (optional).
• Cook till the nuts turn golden brown.
• Now add in ¾ cup mixed veggies.
• I took carrot, beans and green peas. Mix well.

• Add in ¼ cup yellow moong dal. You can add ½ cup also.
• We can add the broken wheat now and mix well.
• Add 5-6 cups of water and add salt.

• Cover the pressure cooker
• Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
• Switch off and wait for the pressure to release completely.
• Once pressure releases, open the cooker.
• Mix well.
• Drizzle ghee if needed
• Broken wheat pongal ready.

• Serve hot with onion gotsu or capsicum sambar or coconut chutney.