Brown Rice Ven Pongal & Green Spring Onions Sambar

My readers and followers will know that am trying to make out dishes with brown rice nowadays than the usual rice...Yesterday i prepared making out my favourite venpongal with brown rice and also prepared sambar with green spring onions which i bought weekend from our farmer's market...I prepared this sambar with dry roasting fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds,dry red chillies and grated coconut which usually my mom used to prepare with eggplants and dal to enjoy along with venpongal, instead of making out this sambar with eggplants, my choice went to green sping onions and both brown rice venpongal and green spring onions sambar together works out superb and tastes fantastic...We enjoyed having this both dishes together for our dinner and this dishes together turned out our dinner healthy, filling and prefect...Am sending this green spring onions sambar to CWS-Fenugreek Seeds guest hosted by SE of Denufood and this both dishes goes to FFSL-Tiffin Box event by RV & Sudeshna..

Brown Rice Ven Pongal:

• 1cup Brown Rice
• 1/2cup Split Moongdal
• 1tsp Grated Ginger
• 1/4cup Ghee
• 1/2tsp Cumins seeds
• 1/4tsp Peppercorns
• 10nos Cashew nuts
• Salt
• 5nos Curry leaves

Wash both Rice with split moongdal together n add three cups of water n pressure cook with grated ginger n salt upto 3 hisses.. Meanwhile heat the ghee in a kadai, add the cumin seeds, peppercorns,curry leaves n cashew nuts n fry them until they turns brown..

Once the pressure is released, again mix well the rice n moongdal n add the tempered spices & cashews directly to the pressure cooker n toss them well until everything get well mixed...

Green Spring Onions Sambar:

• 1cup Green spring onions
• 1cup Cooked toor dal with turmeric powder
• 1/2tsp Mustard seeds+urad dal
• 2nos Dry red chillies
• 1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
• Salt
• Oil
• Curry Leaves

To Grind:

• 1tbsp Fenugreek seeds
• 2tbsp Coriander seeds
• 1/4cup Grated coconut
• 3nos Dry red chillies

Heat enough oil,fry the mustard seeds, urad dal,asafoetida powder and dry red chillies, add immediately the chopped green spring onions and curry leaves, cook for a while..meanwhile grind all the ingredients given in the list to grind as fine paste..mix this paste to the already cooked toor dal with enough salt and water and add this dal water to the cooking green onions...

Bring everything to boil and cook until the spring onions gets well cooked...

Serve this delicious sambar along with ven pongal and enjoy!!!