rava pongal recipe | rava khara pongal recipe
easy rava pongal recipe | rava khara pongal recipe
Servings 2 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup rava / sooji / semolina
- ½ cup yellow moong dal
- 3 cups water or as required
- 1 tsp ghee
- salt to taste
for tempering:
- 2-3 tsp ghee
- 1 inch ginger finely chopped
- 1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
- fistful of cashew nuts
- 1 tsp black pepper
- pinch of hing
- few curry leaves
Instructions
- firstly, heat 2-3 tsp of ghee in a pan and fry moong dal for a min. wait till turn fragrant.
- furthermore, cook the dal adding 3 cups of water. you can also pressure cook the dal. keep aside
- in a separate pan add ghee.
- also add finely chopped ginger and saute till the raw smell goes away.
- then add fistful of cashew nuts and fry till they turn golden.
- furthermore, add jeera and fry well
- also add whole black pepper, curry leaves and a pinch of hing
- also add rava/sooji to the same pan.
- and fry the sooji for couple of mins till it turns to golden brown colour.
- now add the cooked dal along with the water and give proper mix.
- additionally, add salt to taste.
- also add half cup of water if required. mix well the mixture for 2-3 minutes on low flame.
- furthermore, stir until moisture dries out and sooji is cooked well. add 1 tsp of ghee on top of the mixture and toss.
- finally, serve rava pongal with coconut chutney