Rice with Lentils (Pongal)

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 177.4
  • Total Fat: 1.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 4.3 mg
  • Sodium: 591.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 32.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.1 g
  • Protein: 7.4 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Rice with Lentils (Pongal) calories by ingredient


Introduction

A south Indian staple for breakfast A south Indian staple for breakfast
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1) Moong dal - 1 cup
    2) Rice - 1 cups
    3) Salt to taste
    4) Ground black pepper - 3 tsp
    5) Ghee - 1 tbsp
    4) Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
    5) Curry leaves

Directions

1) Pressure cook the rice and moong dal together.
2) In a pan, add the ghee, cumin seeds, ground black pepper, curry leaves and salt. To this, add the cooked rice and dal.
3) Serve piping hot with coconut chutney or sambar.
This makes 8 1 cup servings.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TOLOOSE40.