Rava Pongal recipe | How to make Rava Pongal
Rava Pongal recipe | How to make Rava Pongal with step by step detailed pics and video recipe. Simple, healthy breakfast with Rava/sooji/semolina and moong dal.
After posting Rava upma recipe, I had a plan to cook Rava Pongal that my mom makes very often. She adds more ghee/oil than what I have used in this recipe. Though am not that comfortable in adding more. This dish, in particular, will taste best when more ghee is added while cooking.
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You should check out this upma recipes collection which is a very good option for breakfast/dinner that is not only easy but also healthy.
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Rava Pongal recipe
Rava Pongal recipe
Ingredients
to cook moong dal
- 1/2 cup moong dal
- 1/4 tsp ghee
- 2 cups water
for pongal
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1-2 tsp ghee
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- 1 tsp peppercorns
- 2 no green chilli slit
- 1 spring curry leaves
- few cashews
- 3 cups water
- salt to taste
- 1 cup rava/sooji/semolina
- 1 tbsp ghee
Instructions
- Heat ghee in a cooker and roast the moong dal until fragrant. Add water, close and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles.
- Open, mash and keep it aside until use.
- Heat oil and ghee in a thick bottomed pan.
- crackle mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
- Further add chopped ginger, peppercorns, green chilli, curry leaves and cashews. Fry for a few seconds.
- Measure and pour 3 cups water into the pan along with the cooked dal and salt. Let it come to a rolling boil.
- At this stage, wither in rava little by a little while stirring continuously.
- When its almost thick, add ghee and mix again.
- Stop when it is thick. Put off the flame, close and let it sit for a few minutes before serving.
- Serv the Pongal hot with chutney and sambar.
Video
How to make Rava Pongal
1.Heat ghee in a pressure cooker and roast the moong dal until fragrant.
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2. Add water, close and pressure cook for 4 whistles. Open, mash the dal and keep it aside.
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3. In another thick bottomed pan, melt ghee and oil. Crackle mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
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4. Further add peppercorns, chopped ginger, green chilli, curry leaves, cashews and fry for few seconds.
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5. Measure and pour water into the pan. Rava: Water measure is 1:3 for Pongal. You can even take 3.5 if you want very more creamy Pongal. Also, add cooked and mashed dal and mix well.
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6. Season with salt. check the water and it should be slightly saltier. Let it come to a rolling boil.
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7. Keep the flame low and Start adding the Rava little at a time while stirring continuously.
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8. When it gets thick, Add ghee. Here is where you can add more if you prefer a non sticky Pongal. Mix well. Put off flame and cover the pan for a while before serving.
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Serve the rava Pongal hot with chutney and sambar.
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