Khara Pongal + Gothsu

Ingredients

• Moong Dal - 4 Kg
• Rice - 4 Kg
• Black pepper - 250 gms
• Ghee - 2 Kg
• Ginger - 350 gms
• Green chillies - 200 gms
• Kaju - 750 gms
• Jeera - 300 gms
• Hing - 100 gms
• Onion - 4 Kg
• Tomato - 2 Kg
• Brinjal - 5 Kg
• Jaggery black - 750 gms
• Pepper powder - 100 gms
• Sambar powder - 1 Kg
• Tamrind Pulp - 750 gms
• Kadipatta - lots

Preparation

Khara Pongal

• Soak moong dal + rice for a couple of hours in water
• For 1 cup of unsoaked rice + dal add 3 3/4 cups of water for cooking
• Add black pepper, little turmeric, salt and cook rice
• In another vessel, heat ghee
• Add rai, jeera, hing, ginger, pepper powder, kaju, green chillies,  kadipatta and saute
• Add to cooked dal + rice and mix

Gothsu

• Heat oil
• Add rai and wait till splutter
• Add jeera, ginger, green chillies, turmeric and saute
• Add onions and saute
• Add tomato and saute
• Add sambar powder, salt and mix
• Add brinjal, water and cook 
• Add jaggery and mix
• Add tamrind pulp, little water and cook