RAVA PONGALI

Rava pongal or Rava pongali is one of the south Indian breakfast delicasy and a healthy version of pongali. Normally we make pongali with rice and moong dal, but in this version we use cream of wheat which is well known as rava(upma rava or bombai rava) and that makes a lot of difference between rice pongali and rava pongali. As every body knows rice is rich in carbohydrates then wheat so using rava is healthy option in pongali. For my choice rava pongali is a best option for breakfast or as for dinner.

INGREDIENTS:----
Rava --- 1 cup
split moong dal ---- 1/2 cup
Ghee ---- 1 tab sp
Oil ---- 1 tab sp
Black pepper corns --- 1 tea sp lightly crushed
cumin seeds --- 1 tea sp
ginger --- 1/2 inch piece chopped
curry leaves --- a few
Cashew nuts ---- 1/4 cup broken
Asafoetida --- 1/4 tea sp
METHOD:----
Wash moong dal and add 1 and half cup water and cook till it become very soft.
Roast rava with 1 tea sp ghee, now add rava to the moong dal and add 1 and half cup boiling water mix well keep it in a low flame and add salt to taste and chopped ginger mix well cover and cook till rava is fully cooked.
Now heat oil and remaining ghee in a pan add cumin seeds, cashew nuts, crushed black pepper,curry leaves and asafoetida and pour this on the top of rava pongali and mix well.
Serve hot with avial or any coconut chutney or mango tokku
enjoy your break fast.
Vankaya pulusu is the best combination for this rava pongali and that's my first choice hope you also like this combination and check my recipe for VANKAYA PULUSU here.