Bisi Bisi Coffee

                       Spicy/ Kara Pongal: Easy and tasty breakfast or snack Ingredients: White Rice – 1 cup Split green gram/Moong dal – 1 cup Red onion – 1 medium size, finely chopped Green chillies – 5 long and medium spice, vertically slit Dry red chillies – 4, broken into two Cashewnuts – 6, split Cumin seeds – 1.5 tsp Pepper corns – 1.25 tsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/4 tbsp Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp Grated coconut – 1 tbsp Clarified butter/ Ghee – 1 tbsp for flavor enhancing Curry leaves – 4 sprigs Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch, finely chopped for garnish Salt as per taste Oil for tempering Instructions:        In a thick bottomed pan add split green gram and saute on medium flame until the gram starts to slightly change the color to brown. At this stage, nice aroma fills ...

Millet Quinoa Pongal: Easy, very healthy and tasty breakfast or snack Ingredients: Barnyard millet rice – 1/2 cup Organic Quinoa – 1/2 cup Split green gram/Moong dal – 1 cup Red onion – 1 small size, thinly sliced Green chillies – 3 medium spice, slit Dry red chillies – 3 Cashewnuts – 8, split Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Cumin seeds – 1.5 tsp Pepper corns - 15 Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Pepper powder – 1/4 tbsp Garlic cloves – 4 big size, thinly sliced Ginger garlic paste – 1.5 tsp Dry coconut powder – 1 tbsp (optional) Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch, cut for garnish Salt as per taste Gingely Oil for tempering Instructions: Wash and rinse barnyard millet rice, organic quinoa and split green gram for 20 mins. Add sufficient water and pressure cook all the 3 ingredients together along with pepper corns. You may also add pepper corns while tempering if you do not prefer it to be cooked together with rice. Generally, we prefer pongal to ...