Kicchari Pakvannam (Pongal)

Ingredients

• Rice - 2 cups
• Green gram -1/2 cup
• Water - 15 cups
• Ghee - 3 spoons
• Pepper - 1 spoon
• Cumin seeds - 1 teas spoon
• Ginger - 1 piece
• Asafetida - 2 pinches

Preparation

• Cook the rice and green gram well in the water.
• Add salt and mix well.
• Season pepper, cumin seeds, asafetida and ginger using ghee.
• Add it to the cooked rice-gram mix.
• Mix well and serve hot.
  

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Indications

• This is mentioned as one of the best diet in ayurveda.
• It is pathya (whole some diet)
• Suitable for all the conditions.
• It improves the digestion.
• It is nourishing.
• Light to digest.
• Balances 3 doshas.