Rawa Pongal

Rawa Pongal

Ingredients

  • Fine rawa – 1 cup
  • Green gram dal – 1/3 cup
  • Water – 4 ½ cups
  • Salt – ¾ teaspoon
  • Cashew nuts (cut) – 1 tablespoon
  • Oil – 2 tablespoons
  • Ghee – 3 tablespoons
  • Curry leaves – few
  • Ginger (finely cut) – ½ teaspoon (optional)
  • Black pepper (prepare: crush coarsely) – 1 teaspoon
  • Cumin seeds (prepare: crush coarsely) – ½ teaspoon

Method

  • 1. Cook dal in 1 ½ cup of water till three fourth cooked. (In a heavy vessel.)
  • 2. Pour rest of the water in that and allow to boli.
  • 3. Heat oil separately and season with cashew nuts curry leaves, ginger, crushed pepper and cumin.
  • 4. Pour in the dal mixture with rawa, salt. Stir till it is mixed well.
  • 5. Cover and Cook in medium flame till moisture is absorbed and rawa is cooked well.
  • 6. Stir in between to prevent charring.
  • 7. Serve hot with melted ghee on top accompanied with coconut chutney.

Variation – Easy Method

  • • This can be pressure cooked directly, which minimizes our time and effort.
  • • cook dal with water till one fourth is cooked in cooker body or pressure pan.
  • • Pour boliling water with salt, rawa and seasoned ingredients.
  • • Pressure cook as mentioned in previous recipes.

Note

  • • When using thicker rawa increase volume of water little more.

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