Rava Pongal | Sooji Pongal
Ingredients
- 1 cup rava / semolina
- ½ cup paasi paruppu / yellow moong dal
- Salt to taste
To temper
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp whole black pepper
- 1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
- 1 tbsp cashewnuts broken
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp grated ginger
Instructions
- Dry roast moong dal for 3-4 minutes. Wash the dal 2-3 times and add 1 cup water. Pressure cook for 2 whistles.
- Add 1 tsp ghee in kadai and fry the rava until nice aroma comes and turns to light golden color. Set aside.
- In the same kadai add remaining ghee and add whole black pepper. When pepper starts to pop, add cashewnuts and fry until golden.
- Then add jeera, curry leaves, ginger and fry few seconds. Add 3 cups of water, salt and bring to boil.
- Once it comes to rolling boil, reduce the heat to low and gradually add rava and mix well. Cover and cook for 5-6 minutes or until rava is completely cooked.
- Add the cooked moong dal and combine everything. Cook for 1-2 minutes and remove from heat.
Notes
- For a low calorie pongal, you can either make it with half ghee and half oil or just with oil alone.
- You can also add finely chopped green chillies for some spice.
- The moong dal should not become too mushy. It should be cooked until soft