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Godhumai Rava Pongal / Crackled Wheat Pongal

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Am sure all would have enjoyed pongal festival  , am here today with a very healthy pongal recipe. I love ven pongal for breakfast a lot and used to enjoy them with chutney and sambhar. As many people were asking me to share some healthy recipes here is a healthy pongal recipe with out using rice. As we all know too much intake of rice lead to increase in weight , so diet conscious people generally try to avoid taking rice in their diet first . If you seriously want to loose some weight you should first stop taking lots of rice . So if not rice what can be the other substitute for it – crackled wheat , semolina, oats, Barley, ragi etc there are so many options i can keep on going. 

Godhumai rava / crackled wheat is a very healthy option for diabetic patience and can be made in several diffrent delicious ways . One such way to make a tasty dish is pongal. Crackled taste yummy when included with lentils and I tried making this pongal for our breakfast. They taste so delicious and they are very healthy. If you are looking for recipes to skip rice then this is a very nice option . Kids too will enjoy this delicious pongal .For this weeks blogging marathon I have chosen pongal varities so 2 more pongal to come stay tuned..Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 36.. Now lets quickly move to the recipe..  

Godhumai rava pongal

Ingredients 

Crackled Wheat / Godhumai rava – 1 cup 
Moong dal – 1/2 cup
Pepper corn – 3-4 Nos or  Pepper pd – 1/4 tsp 
Curry leaves – 1 sprig
Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp
Urad dal / black gram dal – 1 tsp
Green chilli – 2 nos
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Ghee – 2 tbsp
Cashew – 4-5 No ( lightly roasted in ghee)
Salt to taste

Method

  • In a pressure cooker heat ghee , add Mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves , urad dal.
  • After they splutter, urad dal turns slight brown add ginger garlic paste and saute them .
  • Now add green chillies and saute  them .
  • Add the crackled  and saute for a while .Then add moong dal , to this add  4 1/2 cups of water 
  • Add the pepper corn / pepper pd, turmeric pd and salt . Mix them well and close them with lid.
  • Put the whistle on and cook for 3-4 whitles.
  • After 3-4 whistles switch off the flame and wait till the pressure subsides.
  • Open the lid and mix them well.
  • Granish them with roasted cashew and drizzle some ghee on top.
  • Serve this healthy pongal with an chutney and sambhar.
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  2. Priya Ranjit says

    awesome pongal da 🙂 usually samba rava is tasteless and bland this is a great twist to pongal da. I think you missed to mention when to add turmeric 🙂 update pannidu