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Friday, March 18, 2011

Rava Pongal

Ingredients:

Rava                  -  1 1/2 cups
Green gram dal  -  1/2 cup
Ghee                 -  2 - 3 table spoons
Asafoitida          -  1/2 tea spoon
Jeera                  -  1 table spoon
Pepper              -  1 table spoon
Curry leaves      -  a few leaves
Cashews           -  1 table spoon(Optional)

1.  Dry roast rava till it becomes hot and colour changes only a little.
2.  Cook green gram dal till the dal becomes totally shapeless.
3.  Add asafoitida, jeera, pepper and salt(Enough even for rava) to the cooked dal and stir well.
4.  Add water till the whole dal mixture measures upto 2 1/2 cups and bring to boil.
5.  Reduce the flame to the lowest possible and add the roasted rava slowly mixing simultaneousness.
6.  Rava has the tendency to form into lumps.  So keep mixing and allow it to cook for 3 - 4 mins.
7.  Remove from stove as soon as the rava is cooked.
8.  Heat ghee in a kadai and add the broken cashew nuts and curry leaves and once the cashew turns golden brown add it to the pongal, mix well.
9.  Serve hot with coconut chutney.

1 comment:

  1. Rava Pongal is very easy to make and Quick to Digest we can make it with Less Ingradients. thanks for Sharing the Article.

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