Rava Pongal
Rava Pongal, also called Sooji Ka Pongal, is a South Indian breakfast made by cooking coarse semolina with cooked moong dal, ghee, black pepper, cumin, ginger, curry leaves and cashews into a soft, mildly spiced porridge-style dish.
Ise sooji pongal, rava ven pongal, semolina pongal naam se bhi khoja jata hai.
Ingredients
- Curry Leaves — 2 piece (whole)
- Water — 3 piece (whole)
- Ginger — 0.5 piece (chopped)
- Turmeric Powder — 0.13 piece (ground)
- kosher salt (optional) (whole)
- Carrot — 0.25 piece (chopped)
- Ghee — 2 tbsp (whole)
- sooji — 100 g (ground)
- black pepper — 4 g (ground)
- cumin — 2.5 g (ground)
- yellow moong dal — 0.5 cup (whole)
- Coriander Leaves — 3 piece (ground)
- green chillies — 3 piece (chopped)
Method
- Put washed moong dal, turmeric, a little ghee and water in a pressure cooker.
- Pressure cook for 3 whistles.
- Mash the cooked dal and keep aside.
- Dry roast the sooji in a kadai for 3 to 5 minutes; keep aside.
- Heat ghee in the same kadai; add pepper and cumin and let them splutter.
- Add ginger, green chillies, carrot and curry leaves; sauté for a few seconds.
- Add roasted sooji, cooked dal and salt; mix well.
- Pour in hot water, stirring all the time so no lumps form.
- Cover and cook on low flame for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Switch off, add the remaining ghee and keep covered for 1 minute.
- Garnish with coriander and serve hot.
Common questions
- Rava Pongal ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- रवा पोंगल ko English mein Rava Pongal likhte hain.
- Ek plate Rava Pongal mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 253 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 60 min lagta hai — 10 min taiyari, 50 min pakana.