Rava_Pongal

Ingredients:
Rava - 1 cup
Cooked moong dal - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1 no
Curry leaves - few
Green chilli - 4 nos
Tomato - 1 mo
Ginger - 1 "
Carrot - 2 nos
Green peas - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Cashew Nuts - 10 nos
Pepper corn - 10 mins
Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
Cinnamon stick - 1"
Cloves - 2 nos
Water - 3 cups
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Oil - 2 tbsp

Method:
* Chop onions,ginger and green chilli. * Cut carrots as small pieces. * Wash green peas.* Smash the cooked moong dal. * Remove seeds from tomato and chopped as a big pieces.Keep everything ready.
* In Kadai heat oil, then add Cumin seeds,pepper corn,cinnamon & cloves, fry it for a while. Then add G.chili and ginger. Now add Cashew nuts,Fry it well.
* Then add onion,curry leaves,Turmeric powder & salt, fry it for 2 min. Then add Chopped vegs. Fry it until vegs half cooked. Then add tomato. just mix it (tomato has no need to fry well)
* Now add Rava into this veg mix and fry it for a while. Add salt.
* Add cooked dal into boiling water and mix it well.
* Now add this dal water into fried rava-veg mix. Stir well for a while.
* Then close with lid and allow to cook for 10-15 min in very low flame. Once rava cooked well, add ghee and some more curry leaves.
* Serve it hot wtih coconut chutney.


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