Rava Pongal
Cuisine: Indian
Author: EasyRecipes .
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Famous south Indian dish,Nice breakfast in weekends,very easy to make at home.its a very healthy dish for kids.Add more vegetables as ur wish to make it more nutritous
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Rava (semolina)
  • ½ cup split green gram/moong dal
  • 1 tsp whole black peppers
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1″ ginger, peeled and sliced thinly
  • cashews – about ¼ cup
  • salt to taste
  • curry leaves to garnish
Instructions
  1. Wash the green gram well.
  2. Cook the lentil until fully cooked – mushy is fine. You can either cook this on a stove top or in a pressure cooker.
  3. In a pan, take about ½ tsp Ghee and roast the semolina until aromatic and lightly reddish.Set aside.
  4. In the same pan, bring 2-1/2 cups water to boil. Add salt and then gradually add the semolina making sure to keep stirring to avoid forming lumps.
  5. When the water has almost been absorbed, add the lentils and mix well.
  6. If you think that it is too thick, add boiling water to it. Dont add cold water. Meanwhile temper the rest of the ingredients in a ghee.
  7. Add it to the semolina-lentil mixture and stir. You can at this point add some more ghee. Serve hot garnished with curry leaves.
Recipe by Mithila.net at http://www.mithila.net/break-fast/rava-pongal-793.html