pongal with greens (keerai pongal)🔗

Water - ¾ padi 淨水 Pour this in a vessel and heat it. As soon as it begins to boil, 將其倒入容器中並加熱。一旦水開始沸騰，

De-skinned Petite Yellow Lentil / Yellow Moong Dal - ¼ padi 去皮小黃扁豆／黃孟恩豆 wash this well, drain the water and add this to the boiling water. Keep checking the cooking status. 淘洗豆子，瀝乾後加入沸水中。不時察看烹煮狀態。

Rice - ⅛ padi 大米 Wash this well and drain the water. Add this to the cooked dal and mix it well. After this cooks, 淘淨米，瀝水。將其和入煮熟的豆中，拌勻。米煮好後，

Salt - ½ palam 鹽 Purslane Greens / Paruppu Keerai - 3 palam 馬齒莧 Cloves - ¼ Ru.wt 丁香 Cinnamon - ¼ Ru.wt 肉桂 Cardamom - ¼ Ru.wt 豆蔻 Pepper - ¼ Ru.wt 胡椒 Powder the salt. Chop the greens. Roast and powder the other ingredients. Add all of these to the pongal, mix well and keep it closed. After all the ingredients in the pongal are cooked, 鹽磨成末。切蔬菜。將其他幾味調料煨烤後磨成粉。將這 幾樣食材都添入米粥中，和勻並蓋好鍋蓋。粥裡的食料煮 熟後，

Ghee - 5 palam 酥油 Onions - 5 palam 洋蔥 heat the ghee in a frying pan. Remove the top, bottom and skin of the onion and chop it finely. Add this to the heated ghee and roast until it turns reddish in colour. Add this to the pongal and mix well. Remove it from the stove and place it on the heat of live coal (from the burnt firewood) for few minutes and then use it.