Khara Pongal

• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 12 cashews
• 2 dried red chile peppers
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1 teaspoon mustard seed
• 10 black peppercorns
• 1 pinch asafoetida powder
• 1 cup split yellow lentils (moong dal)
• 1 cup rice
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 2 green chile peppers, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
• salt to taste
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
• 1/4 cup shredded coconut

1. Heat the oil in a pressure cooker. Fry the cashews in the hot oil until golden brown; remove from oil and set aside. Cook the red chile peppers, cumin seed, mustard seed, peppercorns, and asafoetida in the hot oil for 2 minutes. Stir the lentils into the mixture and cook another 2 minutes. Add the rice, 1/2 cup coconut, green chile peppers, turmeric, salt, and water; stir.
2. Close the lid of the pressure cooker and bring to 15 pounds of pressure; cook about 35 minutes. Relieve the pressure from the cooker; stir the cashews and ghee into the mixture. Garnish with the cilantro and 1/4 cup shredded coconut to serve.

cooking oil, cashews, red chile peppers, cumin, black, asafoetida powder, yellow lentils, rice, shredded coconut, green chile peppers, ground turmeric, salt, water, ghee, cilantro, shredded coconut

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/210508/khara-pongal/ (may not work)