Rava Pongal Recipe | Semolina Pongal | Sooji Pongal Recipe
Rava pongal is simple and healthy breakfast recipe made using semolina and moong dal.
Servings 0
Ingredients
- Rava/Sooji ¾ cup
- Moong dal ¼ cup
- Ghee/Oil 3 tbsp
- Mustard ½ tsp
- Cumin 1 tsp
- Pepper ½ tsp
- Green chilli 1
- Ginger ½ tsp finely chopped
- Cashews 8-10
- Curry leaves handful
- Salt as required
- Water 2 ¼ cup
Instructions
- Dry roast rava till aromatic. You can skip this step if you use roasted rava.
- Cook moong dal adding 1 cup water in a pan.
- Mash the dal and keep it ready.
- Heat ghee in a kadai.
- Add mustard, cumin, pepper and cashews.
- Once it browns add finely chopped ginger, green chilli and curry leaves.
- Then add the cooked dal.
- Next add 2 ¼ cup of water and allow it to boil
- Once it boils, keep the flame in low and add roasted rava slowly.
- Keep mixing continuously to avoid forming lumps.
- Cook till it comes together and switch off the flame.
Notes
Adjust the quantity of moong dal according to your choice. It can be upto 1:½ ratio of rava and moong dal.
You can cook the dal in pressure cooker for 2-3 whistles
You can use combination of ghee and oil but ghee gives nice flavor and texture to pongal. Can add some extra ghee in the end too.
Can use crushed pepper powder instead of whole ones.