Ingredients

2 cups of raw rice
1 cup of split yellow moong dhal
A pinch of asafoedita
Curry leaves
1 tbsp of whole peppercorns
5 green chillies
2 tsp of chopped ginger
1 tsp of jeera [cumin seeds]
Salt to taste
6 to 7 tbsp of ghee or clarified butter.

Method:

Roast rice and dal slightly till hot to touch, wash and keep. 
In a pressure pan, heat 2 tbsp of ghee, throw in the peppercorns and a few curry leaves and the asafoedita.
Mix in the rice and dal in the pan with 8 cups of water, after 3 whistles remove from fire. 
Crush ginger, chilles and jeera. 
Heat the remaining ghee and when hot put the crushed items and stir for a while. 
Open the pan mash the rice mixture with crushed items and salt to taste, 

Eat this with chutney or gothsu.

 Chakkara pongal | Poli | Gothsu