Rava Pongal


Rava Pongal is a Tamil Nadu dish prepared during celebrations. Rava (Sooji) and green gram is used for its preparation. Coconut, normally needed for such preparations is not used in Rava Pongal.
 

Ingredients for Rava Pongal :

  1. Rava – 2 cups
  2. Green gram daal fried – ½ cup
  3. Cumin seeds – ¾ tsp
  4. Pepper – 1 ¼ tsp
  5. Ginger – 1 piece
  6. Cashew nut -15
  7. Ghee, salt – as needed

How to prepare Rava Pongal ?

  1. Add 3 small spoons of ghee to a pan and fry rava till it becomes golden brown.
  2. Cook green gram daal.
  3. Heat ½ tsp ghee. Fry cumin seeds and pepper. When it cools crush them together. No need to make a powder.
  4. Boil 2.5 cups of water and add salt and crushed ginger to it. When it boils, add rava and stir continuously. Cook it.
  5. Add cooked green peas daal, cumin-pepper crushed mixture, cashew nuts and sufficient ghee and put the flame off.
Also Read: Kerala Ponkala made in temples of Kerala (Attukal Ponkala)
 
Read a few more semolina main course dishes. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read. 
 
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