Learn how to make Rava Pongal recipe with detailed step by step pictures. Easy Pressure Cooker Rava Pongal Recipe, Rava Khara Pongal recipe - perfect filling breakfast or dinner.
Another week. Another Monday - I am posting a breakfast recipe – Pongal. Pongal is one of the most popular breakfast recipes in South India. Rice and Moong dal are cooked to perfection – neither too mushy nor too grainy and are tempered with cumin seeds, black peppercorns and asafoetida. A dash of ghee/clarified butter melted on hot Pongal with a side dish of coconut chutney or sambar would be so very heavenly.
Pongal is usually made with rice and moong dal, but I have been experimenting with my Pongal recipes and in the past I have made Pongal with oats and thinai/foxtail millet. As Thinai Pongal has been a good hit, I was tempted to try making Pongal with rava – I used Bansi rava for this recipe but any rava/sooji/semolina works fine. To have a spicy twist to the pongal I always add finely chopped ginger and one green chilly. The pongal turned out really well.
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How to make Rava Pongal
📖 Recipe
Rava Pongal | Rava Khara Pongal
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
MEASUREMENT
1 cup = 250ml, 1 tablespoon = 15ml, 1 teaspoon = 5ml
Ingredients
- ½ cup Bansi Rava/Sooji/Semolina
- ¼ cup Moong Dal
- 1 Green Chilli
- 1 teaspoon Finely Chopped Ginger
- 1 teaspoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Ghee
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Black Peppercorns
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
- Salt as required
- 3 cups Water
- Few Fresh Curry Leaves
Instructions
- In a pressure cooker, heat oil. Add cumin seeds and peppercorns. As they splutter, add finely chopped ginger, curry leaves and green chilly (cut in half). Fry for 30 secs.
- Add 4 cups of water and add the required salt along with asafoetida. Let the water come to a boil. Add the moong dal + rava mixture into the boiling water.
- Reduce the flame to medium and cook the Rava Pongal for 3 whistles. Let the pressure drop before opening the cooker lid. Mix well.
- Serve hot with a dollop of ghee on top and with coconut chutney or sambar on the side.
Notes
- I did not roast the rava before making the pongal as the pongal has to be a bit mushy.
- Ginger and green chilli are optional especially if serving to kids. Ghee on top is optional but enhances the taste.
- Serve hot and when the pongal is cooled down, it hardens. Reheat before serving again.
Rava Pongal Recipe with Step by Step Pictures
In a pressure cooker, heat oil. Add cumin seeds and peppercorns. As they splutter, add finely chopped ginger, curry leaves and green chilly (cut in half). Fry for 30 secs.
Add 4 cups of water and add the required salt along with asafoetida. Let the water come to a boil. Add the moong dal + rava mixture into the boiling water. Reduce the flame to medium and cook the Rava Pongal for 3 whistles. Let the pressure drop before opening the cooker lid. Mix well.
Serve hot with a dollop of ghee on top and with coconut chutney or sambar on the side.
Recipe Notes
- I did not roast the rava before making the pongal as the it has to be a bit mushy.
- Ginger and green chilli are optional especially if serving to kids.
- Ghee on top is optional but enhances the taste.
- Serve hot and when the pongal is cooled down, it hardens. Reheat before serving again.
Lynz Real Cooking
This is a really different recipe for breakfast and it sounds delicious!
CHCooks
Thank you so much Lynn 🙂
Chitra Jagadish
Wow rava pongal -my favorite - looks delicious Ch...
CHCooks
Thanks a lot Chitra 🙂
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Love this version of pongal dear. healthy and yummy
CHCooks
thanks a lot dear 🙂
Traditionally Modern Food
Rava pongal s my husband's fav:-) I usually don't have green Chilli in pongal your version looks instersting should try it soon
CHCooks
I just like to add it to make a bit spicy Vidya 🙂
Bharani
looks yum :).... I make with pongal with broken wheat 🙂 and have done a post too 🙂
CHCooks
I have made with dalia but broken wheat, yet to try out 🙂 Will check your post 🙂
Freda @ Aromatic essence
looks lovely!! yummy!
CHCooks
Thank you so much Freda 🙂
srividhya
There are n number of ways to prepare this dish na.. Yum
CHCooks
Exactly! 🙂 The humble pongal 🙂