Semiya Pongal for Breakfast

Ingredients for Semiya Pongal:

1. Semiya (vermicelli) – 100 gm
2. Green gram daal – ½ cup
3. Refined groundnut oil – 3 big spoons
4. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
5. Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
6. Black pepper seeds (as whole) – 18
7. Cashew chopped – 2 big spoons
8. Onion chopped – ½ cup
9. Green chillies chopped – ½ big spoon
10. Salt – as needed
11. Coconut scrapped – ½ cup
12. Ghee – ¼ tsp

How to prepare Semiya pongal for breakfast?

1. Fry green gram daal and cook it well. Never drain water.
2. Heat ghee in a pan and fry semiya till it becomes light red in colour.
3. Boil 6 cups of water and cook vermicelli. Never over cook it. Drain excess water.
4. Heat oil and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds to splutter.
5. Then add black pepper, cashew, green chillies and onions and sauté well.
6. Add salt and vermicelli and sate again.
7. Add cooked green gram and coconut. Let whole water to be absorbed. Put the flame off.