Wheat Rava Pongal /கோதுமை ரவை பொங்கல்

This is venpongal recipe..instead of rice, I have used wheat rava/ cracked wheat/ godumai ravai. Ingredients Wheat Rava-3/4cup Moong dal -1/4cup Cashew nuts - few Few curry leaves Pepper corns-8(adjust to taste) Cumin seeds-1teaspoon Green chilly -1 Ghee-2 tablespoons Salt Method 1. Dry roast the moong dal until it emanates a nice aroma. 2. Combine tha roasted dal and wheat rava in a small pressure cooker. 3. Add  3 cups of water and pressure cook it for 3 whistles. 5. Heat a table spoon of ghee in a small pan, add the cashews...

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Kalkandu Pongal / Sugar Candy pongal

Ingredients Raw rice -1/2cup Moong dal - 2 tablespoons Kalkandu/Sugar candy - 1/4cup Sugar -1/4 cup  (Adding sugar is optional, you can make it only with kalkandu, in that case add 1/2 cup of sugar candy or adjust to your taste.) Elaichi-2 Cashews and raisins - handful  Milk-1/4cup  Ghee - 3 tablespoons Method 1.Wash and soak the rice for half an hour. Dry roast the moong dal until it emanates a nice aroma.  Combine the rice and roasted dal in a pressure cooker. Add 2 cups of water and cook for...

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Pongal Vaazthukkal / Happy Makar Sankranthi

Wish You All a Very Happy Pongal / Makar Sankranthi!  Am very grateful to all the support you are giving to my little blog dear friends. Its been 5 long years I have started blogging. Yup.. the first post was published on 13th of January 2010. Today I look back the journey I have been through in this blogosphere..its just amazing! Learnt a lot and got many friends and well-wishers. Thanks a ton to all of you! :) My days and nights are busy with my sweet little daughter 'Laya'...planning to update this blog on a regular...

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