rava pongal recipe | semolina pongal | sooji ka pongal recipe
easy rava pongal recipe | semolina pongal | sooji ka pongal recipe
Servings 3 Servings
Ingredients
for pressure cooking:
- ¼ cup moong dal
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
for pongal:
- ½ cup rava / semolina / suji coarse
- 1¼ cup water
- ½ tsp salt
for tempering:
- 3 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- 2 tsp pepper crushed
- 1 inch ginger chopped
- 1 chilli slit
- 10 cashew / kaju halves
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
Instructions
- firstly, in a pressure cooker roast ¼ cup moong dal until they turn aromatic.
- now add 1 cup water and 1 tsp ghee.
- pressure cook for 3 whistles on medium flame.
- in a large kadai add in pressure cooked moong dal, 1¼ cup water, ½ tsp salt and boil.
- further add in roasted rava slowly, stirring continuously.
- stir and mash making sure there are no lumps.
- stir until the water is absorbed completely, and rava is cooked.
- cover and keep aside until you prepare tempering.
- to prepare tempering heat 3 tbsp ghee and add 1 tsp cumin, 2 tsp pepper, 1 inch ginger and 1 chilli.
- further, add 10 cashew and roast until cashews turn golden brown.
- now add pinch hing and few curry leaves. allow to splutter.
- pour the tempering over rava-moong dal mixture and mix gently.
- mix until the pongal turns smooth and silky consistency.
- finally, enjoy rava pongal with coconut chutney.