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) Serve how with Gosthu and coconut chutney.