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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast & Dinner Ideas

    Rava pongal recipe, Rava khara pongal, South Indian breakfast recipes

    September 7, 2015 by Raks Anand 20 Comments / Jump to Recipe

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    Rava pongal recipe, full video, step by step pictures post, this is made with sooji (Semolina) and moong dal, cooked with pepper, jeera, ginger and green chilli.

    I had rava pongal in a relative’s house for the first time and loved it a lot. Though she had made it with vanaspati, it was really tasting good. I tried one or two times after that, but could not get a hold on the recipe. Yesterday when I was browsing, chef Damu’s rava pongal came to my eyes. So adapted the recipe and tried today. It turned out perfect. I know many of my readers wait for this recipe as there is a prompt in Google search itself with rakskitchen. What a shame, I am just now posting this simple recipe. Check my coconut chutney, best to go with this pongal.

     

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    Rava pongal recipe

    Rava pongal recipe, full video, step by step pictures post, this is made with sooji (Semolina) and moong dal, cooked with pepper, jeera, ginger and green chilli.
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Servings 2
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Rava/ semolina
    • ¼ cup Moong dal
    • Salt

    To temper

    • 3 tablespoon Ghee + oil
    • 2 teaspoon Black pepper
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 8 Cashew nuts
    • 2 teaspoon Ginger finely chopped
    • 1 Green chilli
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
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    Instructions

    • Dry roast moong dal (paasi paruppu) until nice aroma wafts and turns golden here and there. Pressure cook with ¾ cup water for 3 whistles.
    • Dry roast rava too, in medium flame without changing its color but it should flow freely. I used roasted rava, so skipped this step.
    • In a kadai, add ghee + oil, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table, in order. Give 30 seconds time between adding back pepper, jeera and cashew as it needs to get roasted. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Add cooked moong dal after mashing it.
    • Add 1 & ½ cups of water, required salt and bring to boil. Add roasted rava in a sprinkled way as you stir. Lower the flame and cook covered.
    • Cook for 5- 8 minutes or until the rava gets cooked soft. In between you can give it a stir. Finally I added a generous pinch of pepper powder for extra flavour.

    Video

    Notes

    • I made just half the amount I have mentioned in this recipe.
    • Adding ghee or oil enough is a must for smooth non sticky pongal, otherwise it will be like a sticky paste.
    • My cooked dal had no water in it, so I have added 1 & ½ cups water. You can reduce water quantity upto 1 cup.
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    Rava pongal method:

    1. Dry roast moong dal (paasi paruppu) until nice aroma wafts and turns golden here and there. Pressure cook with ¾ cup water for 3 whistles.1-cook-dal
    2. Dry roast rava too, in medium flame without changing its color but it should flow freely. I used roasted rava, so skipped this step.
    3. In a kadai, add ghee + oil, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table, in order. Give 30 seconds time between adding back pepper, jeera and cashew as it needs to get roasted. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Add cooked moong dal after mashing it.2-temper
    4. Add 1 & ½ cups of water, required salt and bring to boil. Add roasted rava in a sprinkled way as you stir. Lower the flame and cook covered.3-cook
    5. Cook for 5- 8 minutes or until the rava gets cooked soft. In between you can give it a stir. Finally I added a generous pinch of pepper powder for extra flavour.4-ready

    Serve hot with coconut chutney, best combination for rava pongal. You can top with ghee while serving if its too dry. Soft and flavorful rava pongal.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Subashini

      September 07, 2015 at 11:48 am

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    2. lakshmi

      September 07, 2015 at 12:06 pm

      Thank you so much Raji for this recepie even I wondered the same when I was searching for it..

      Reply
    3. Mona Kumari

      September 08, 2015 at 9:58 am

      Your blog is very informative and gracefully
      your guideline is very good.Thank you.....

      Reply
    4. Ramya Venkat

      September 08, 2015 at 3:37 am

      rava pongal looks fab

      Reply
    5. ramya karthik

      September 08, 2015 at 4:15 am

      tried today.......... comes really good.......

      Reply
    6. Mahalakshmi

      September 08, 2015 at 1:52 pm

      Excellent receipe...mouth watering..

      Reply
    7. Mahalakshmi

      September 08, 2015 at 1:53 pm

      Excellent receipe...mouth watering..

      Reply
    8. Indu Mathy

      September 10, 2015 at 12:42 pm

      Hai, actually I didn't even know there is something called ravapongal !!!! I'll Surely try this today. Thank u

      Reply
    9. Madhura Bhide

      October 02, 2015 at 12:17 am

      I am Marashtrian so love this breakfast very much but was not knowing how to cook,I tried this dish today for breakfast and everybody loved it with coconut chutney really delicious, thank you so much ✌����

      Reply
    10. Padma

      March 02, 2016 at 5:52 am

      Hi raji

      Tried rava pongal today...it is a super duper hit...ur measurements were
      perfect...

      Reply
    11. Unknown

      April 25, 2016 at 8:37 am

      Perfect measures! I really wanted to make this at home and followed a star chef receipe. .but it was too much with over ghee etc. .this was the best! I added some turmeric powder and asofoetida. .finger licking good! 5 stars! 🙂

      Reply
    12. Vidya Ratish

      April 29, 2016 at 12:36 pm

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    13. Noreen Juanita

      June 28, 2016 at 11:01 am

      Hi can we make this using wheat rava too?

      Reply
    14. Raks anand

      June 28, 2016 at 11:09 am

      Sure

      Reply
    15. Santy

      October 18, 2016 at 8:06 am

      This is too tempering, I'll try in my kitchen

      Reply
    16. anju

      October 24, 2016 at 11:08 am

      Awesome ravapongal

      Reply
    17. Madhu Samrat

      November 22, 2016 at 3:01 pm

      Tried your recipe today, came out awesomely.. everyone loved it, thank you dear Raks

      Reply
    18. Unknown

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Just now tried ur recipe. It turned delicious. Thank u soo much

      Reply
    19. Vidya

      July 28, 2019 at 9:15 pm

      I have been making this regularly, especially on ekadashi days when no onion , no rice and no garlic is important. Really a wonderful dish

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        July 29, 2019 at 5:59 pm

        Thanks a lot 🙂

        Reply

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