Tamarind Pongal

I have activated few food channels in my airtel dish tv.... But mostly  I dont get a chance to see it due to my kids.. They always keep changing channels with their favourite programs.... Few days before early morning when all are sleeping ,  I just switched on the tv and thought of seeing few recipes..  Correctly when i switch over to that channel ( sanjeev kapoor's) I just saw the end part of tamarind pongal. I first time hearing the word tamarind pongal. Never tried it in home. I browsed net to see whether I can get exact recipe, but am not able to find the recipe  I saw in the tv since in that show, she lastly added tamarind extract to some green colour pongal.... I tried the recipe with my guessing keeping in mind the last part of the recipe..

Ingredients 

Raw rice - 1 cup
Green full gram dal - 3/4 cup
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Salt - to taste
Tamarind - a little piece ( small lemon size )
Water - 6 cups

Red chillies - 3

Coriander seeds - 1 tap

Hing powder - 1/2 tsp

 
For Seasoning

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Black pepper - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Cashew nuts - 5

Ghee / Oil
 
Method

Dry fry red chillies and coriander seeds. Powder it and keep aside.

Roast cashew nuts  in ghee and keep aside.

Pressure cook rice and green gram dhal together adding six cups of water, salt, hing powder for five whistles. When pressure resides, mash it well and keep aside. I soaked Green gram overnight and cooked for easy cooking.

In a pan add ghee, season with cumin seeds, black pepper, ginger pieces, curry leaves, and mix with pongal. Then add roasted cashew nuts. Lastly add tamarind extract and allow to cook for five minutes.

Serve hot with sambar and coconut chutney.