Oats Pongal

                Oats Pongal
Ingredients:
Oats - 1/2 cup

split yellow moon dal - 1/4 cup

cashew nuts - 3 pieces

salt as needed

ghee for frying cashewnuts and oats - 2tsp

For the seasoning:

ghee - 2tsp

ginger finely chopped 1tsp

whole black pepper - 1tsp

cuminseeds 1 tsp

curry leaves few

Preparations:

-soak moong dal in hot water for 10 mins and cook until soft.

-Fry cashew nuts in 1/2tsp of ghee until golden brown.

-Fry oats in 1/2 tsp of ghee for 2 mins in low flame.

How to make:

-cook oats in half a cup of water adding salt.

-add cooked moongdal to oats and cook for some more time until well blended. check for salt.

-Heat 2tsp of ghee, add pepper and jeera seeds, when jeera sizzles, add ginger, curryleaves, sauté for a second and pour it over the cooked oats and dal mix and mix it well.

-Garnish with cashew nuts and serve hot with coconut chutney or Sambhar.