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Rava Pongal- A healthy breakfast or dinner recipe of Pongal made using yellow
moong dal and rava (semolina or sooji). A few years back, I tried making Rava
Pongal, when I wanted to make something different for breakfast at my in-law’s
place. I remembered a friend mentioning this dish to me. After that, I
completely forgot about this dish.
It did not strike me in those days that we could get recipes for different dishes from the internet. Yesterday, when I suddenly remembered Rava Pongal. I tried making it the second time and I must say, we were quite happy with the results, in terms of the texture and taste of the Pongal. Hence, I decided to document this recipe.
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Rava pongal recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Sooji rava
- ½ cup Yellow moong dal cooked
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- ¼ tsp Black pepper
- ¼ tsp Cumin seeds
- Cashew nuts few
- Curry leaves few
- Ginger a small piece
- 3 cups Water*
- 1 tbsp Oil
- *The water measurement is for cooking the rava not included for cooking moong dal.
Instructions
- Roast the rava finely in a pan without getting it burnt.
- Pressure cook the moong dal till it becomes mushy.
- In a pan, add ghee and oil, and add black whole pepper, ginger, and cashew nuts.
- Fry in a medium flame till the cashew nuts turn golden brown. Add the cumin seeds now and immediately add water. Do not allow the cumin to roast for a long time as it will spoil the taste.
- Add 3 cups of water and bring it to a nice boil. Add salt.
- Once the water starts boiling, add the roasted rava to this. Keep it on a low-medium flame. Once it starts cooking add the cooked moong dal. Mix well and let it sit for a while till the Pongal consistency reaches.
- Garnish with curry leaves and if you want add a tsp of ghee to this you can add it now.
- Serve hot with coconut and Tiffin sambar.
Notes
Method with step-by-step pictures :
METHOD:
- Roast the rava finely in a pan without getting it burnt.
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- Pressure cook the moong dal till it becomes mushy.
- In a pan, add ghee and oil, and add black whole pepper, ginger, and cashew nuts.
- Fry in a medium flame till the cashew nuts turn golden brown. Add the cumin seeds now and immediately add water. Do not allow the cumin to roast for a long time as it will spoil the taste.
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- Add 3 cups of water and bring it to a nice boil. Add salt.
- Once the water starts boiling, add the roasted rava to this. Keep it on a low-medium flame. Once it starts cooking add the cooked moong dal. Mix well and let it sit for a while till the Pongal consistency reaches.
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- Garnish with curry leaves and if you want to add a tsp of ghee to this you can add it now.
- Serve hot with coconut and Tiffin sambar.
*The water measurement is for cooking the rava not included for cooking moong dal.
NOTES:
- You can roast the moong dal for 2 minutes and then pressure cook it if you wish.
- Never roast the cumin seeds for a long time as it will give a medicinal smell.
- I added whole black pepper, you can even coarsely crush and add it to the Rava Pongal.
I have kept my coffee tumbler empty. It is just used as a prop for the photo.
Real yummy…
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love it…
looks delicious dear 🙂
Delicious and nice clicks
Spill the Spices
exactly two days back i tried this pongal…even i loved the taste of rava with dhal…. your clicks are awesome…
I made another version of it. The dal was roasted and powdered. Once the rava was roasted, both were pressure cooked. It was quite nice. I thought it needed a few more changes. This is another method of cooking it and I will give it a try.
It looks very tasty…
Delicious pongal. Looks great. I make it very often.
Delicious pongal…yummy yummmm…
Wow….great recipe…..
Helen
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Beautiful clicks and comforting recipe!
Looks yummy .. I make it too, but the one with rice is made more often at my house.
I am not a big fan of the regular rice pongal,but I think I'll like this rava version.Looks delicious!
Rava pongal looks delicious Jeyashri…nice clicks
Never tried rava pongal. Will try soon. Simple and yum
I love this..Had it long back at an aunt`s place..makes a tasty & delish breakfast!! Nice pics 😉
Prathima Rao
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Tasty pongal, even I make this sometimes..
I love your clicks.
Looks good. Nice alternate for the rice pongal.
i love this and made it a few times, but never actually blogged..looks so delicious..
Looks super perfect !!
your pics are so great now jey, one better than the other. this is a favourite of mine and my MIL makes it very well.
ps: i laughed at your coffee tumbler line 😀 i remember our discussion about it.
Thanks nags for your sweet and encouraging words.
Even when i was writing coffee tumbler line i remembered our discussion. Precautionary measure dhan!!
looks yummy.. This is one pongal I can eat!
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rava pongal is handy jey ! and pictures are great !
Its been a while i had this pongal,love to have it for tonite dinner.
I too posted pongal toady 🙂 …I make this one very rare too…looks yum, ideal for bfast
Super yummy… .
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Rava pongal…looks yummy..better choice when we bored with upma…
Looks so yum n tempting …nice click
My mom never made rava pongal.. i first tasted it when my husband's aunt made it and liked it. I often make the spinach – broken wheat pongal from sailus kitchen… must make this regular version sometime. Lovely pics.
Love to eat it if made by somebody else 😉 delicious pongal. Looks perfectly made
New idea.. Lemme give this a try
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Looks so delicious…Nevre tried pongal with rava..
Madam,
Photo is tempting.
Kindly let me know what about Salt for test and chopped green chilly or red chilly powder.
shrikant tillu
Me too planning to post but slightly diff from urs. Looks very tempting 🙂
looking so yummy..i love the background color…
My fav Pongal,loved it at any time…yum!
My fav pongal and my dad love's it a lot… absolutely yumm 🙂
very creative and delicious!!!
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tempting and inviting recipe… .
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I so so love this rava pongal now seeing it am craving for it right now that right after having my dinner 🙂
thanks for the recipe, i am going to try it out right now
Bhama
Hi I loved your rava pongal and would like to see and try some more ite,s.
I'm buvana. I like your rava pongal receipe
Is rava 1/2 cup or 1.5 cup?
It is 1/2 cup rava – 1.5 cup is 1 and 1/2 cup
Looks Yummy…beautiful pictures 🙂
Searched the recipe from your website and tried this recipe It came out very well.Thank you very much for this recipe.
Krithiga S
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Excellent. Very simple way of guidance. The photos are adding further guidance. Continue your good work for our sake.
I have already tried this recipe of yours.. It was a super hit… Am trying it today once again… Lets see
Yes I also tried and excellent.
Tried this for breakfast today. It’s yummy.
I have tried few recipes before all are delicious.
Happy to know that. Thank you