2010/01/29

RAVA PONGAL (Sweet and Kara)

RAVA SAKKARAI PONGAL :


INGREDIENTS:

Rava - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Jaggery as ur wish --i used 200 gms
Coconut pieces - sliced 1 handful
Milk - 1/4 cup
Cashews,Badam and elachi --few numbers

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Dry/Ghee roast rava till the flavour smells out.Turn off the flame and keep aside.
2) Meanwhile dissolve jaggery with hot water and filter the impurities .
3) Heat a cup of water. When it starts to boil, add moong dal and rice, cook till tender. 





5 ) Then, add coconut slices, boil for 5 minutes till soft.



6) Add roasted rava and mix it without lumps. Cook till done.

7) Mix jaggery syrup, 1/4 milk and mix it well.
Add 2 ladles of ghee, garnish it with ghee roasted cashews, raisins. 







Serve hot. 

RAVA PEPPER PONGAL :



INGREDIENTS :

Rava - 1 cup
Moong dal - 1/2 cup
Pepper - 1 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 1/2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Curry leaves
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Salt to taste


METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Dry/Ghee roast rava till the flavour smells out.Pressure cook dal with little turmeric powder and a spoon of oil for 2 whistles and keep aside.

2) Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel. Add mustard,cumin seeds and pepper.When it splutters, add curry leaves.



3) Then sufficient cups of water for rava to be cooked with little salt . Then , add dal and rava without lumps . Cover with a lid and cook in slow flame . Remove from the flame once rava is cooked properly. Add a ladle of ghee to it.




4) S
erve how with Gosthu and coconut chutney.

26 comments:

Tina said...

Both looks yummy and delicious...

Bharathy said...

I see you blogging almost daily here :)...too bad!! ;) ;)(jus kiddin :))

coming up with homely and traditional dishes almost everyday here is a much much appreciable job, dearie..:)

Love the mutton kuzhambu and biriyani down there..so homely!!
pongal is my hubby's fav..

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Nandinis food said...

I'm a fanatic of rava pongal! Love the sweet pongal also!

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Very delicious and tasty dishes:)

priya said...

Both are looking so delicious and tempting..nice clicks!

FH said...

Beautiful pair to have , looks delicious.

suvaiyaana suvai said...

looks yummy pongal!!

Finla said...

Love both of them. I hardly make these as i am the only one who like them at home. Wish i could grab both the plates.

Menaga Sathia said...

Both pongal looks very nice&yummy!!

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Delicious two in one

Padma said...

Both look delicious Shama.

Parita said...

Both the pongals look yummy, like the savory one more :)

Rachana said...

Both the Pongals look yummm...
Have a great weekend:)

Sarah Naveen said...

Simply superb!!!

Devasena Hariharan said...

I know pongal only with raw rice. This is new to me.

Unknown said...

Both recipes looks so mouthwatering and so tempting yummm love to have that karapongal mmmm yumm

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Oh my they look so tempting and it definitely will make a great bf!!!

Priya Suresh said...

Both dishes looks fantastic Shama..

Hayley said...

Both recipes loks awesome and very colourful...yummy...

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AdukalaVishesham said...

both dish looks really good.... something for everyone...

Unknown said...

the upma recipe is really good..will try sometime..

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said...

I love rava upmas. your versions look very temting!

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

lovely pongal(S).i am also thinking to make pongal out of rava.will have to do soon

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Both recipes looks yummy and tempting.

Gita Jaishankar said...

Both the pongal dishes makes me hungry dear...looks tasty :)

Malar Gandhi said...

Mouthwatering sambar, da:)

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