Rava Pongal

Venn Pongal, a tamilian cuisine is a rice and dal based spicy, nutritious breakfast. Pongal comes in both spicy and sweet versions. The one below is the spicy version. Just to give a healthy twist to the original venn pongal, I have replaced rice with rava/sooji.

Ingredients:

Roasted Rava/Sooji - 1 cup

Moong Dal - 1/2 cup

Salt - to taste

Seasoning:

Mustard Seeds : 1tsp

Jeera- 1/2 tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Crushed pepper - 1 tsp

Red Chillies - 3 nos

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Coconut grated - 2 tsp for garnish

Method: 

• Pressure cook moong dal with salt and keep aside.
• Take 1 tsp oil another vessel. when it heats up add mustard seeds. When they crackle add jeera, , urad dal, broken red chillies and curry leaves.
• When the urad dal gets browned add the cooked moong dal and 1 1/2 cup  of water and salt to this.
• When it starts boiling, slowly add the roasted rava little by little and keep stirring.
• Simmer the gas and cook covered till the water has almost evaporated.

• Now add the crushed pepper and stir well.

• Finally garnish with grated coconut. 
• Rava Pongal is ready to serve.

Happy Cooking!!

Note : If you are using normal rava, please roast it to golden brown before use, else the dish will not have the right consistency.

You can even alter the measurement of chillies and pepper as per your taste.