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Home » BREAKFAST-DINNER » Rava pongal recipe, Rava khara pongal, South Indian breakfast recipes

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

  • 1/2 cup Rava/ semolina
  • 1/4 cup Moong dal
  • Salt  As needed

To temper

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

Instructions

  • Dry roast moong dal (paasi paruppu) until nice aroma wafts and turns golden here and there. Pressure cook with 3/4 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 & 1/2 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 & 1/2 cups water. You can reduce water quantity upto 1 cup.

Rava pongal method:

  1. Dry roast moong dal (paasi paruppu) until nice aroma wafts and turns golden here and there. Pressure cook with 3/4 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 & 1/2 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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  1. Subashini

    September 7, 2015 at 11:48 am

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  2. lakshmi

    September 7, 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 8, 2015 at 9:58 am

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

    Reply
  4. Ramya Venkat

    September 8, 2015 at 3:37 am

    rava pongal looks fab

    Reply
  5. ramya karthik

    September 8, 2015 at 4:15 am

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

    Reply
  6. Mahalakshmi

    September 8, 2015 at 1:52 pm

    Excellent receipe…mouth watering..

    Reply
  7. Mahalakshmi

    September 8, 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 2, 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 2, 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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