Rice  and Lennthil Khichdi VEN PONGAL

3 cups rice	1cm piece ginger
1 tbsps moong dal	1/4cup ghee
1 tsp pepper-cumin seed powder	a few curry leaves
1 tbsp fried cashewnuts	salt to taste

* Boil the rice and moong dal together in just enough water till very soft.Remove from the rice.
* Chop ginger and add to the rice.
* Mix rice,pepper cuminseed powder,salt,cashewnuts,curry leaves and ghee.
* Serve hot with coconut chutney.  

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