Dalia Pongal Recipe

Dalia Pongal

• Recipe Servings: 2
• Prep Time: 05 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins
• Total Cook Time: 50 mins
• Difficulty Level: Easy

Pongal is a famous tiffin item in South India. This Dalia Pongal recipe uses wheat rava and green gram (dal) pressure cooked with appropriate seasonings.

Ingredients of Dalia Pongal

• 1 cup wheat rava
• 1/2 cup split green gram dal
• 1 tsp pepper corns
• 1 Tbsp cumin seeds
• 1 Tbsp cashew nuts
• 2 Tbsp ghee
• 1 tsp ginger (chopped finely)
• 1/4 tsp of asafoetida (heeng)
• Turmeric powder
• Curry leaves (handful)
• Salt to taste

How to Make Dalia Pongal

• 1.Wash and clean wheat rava and dal.
• 2.Pressure cook wheat rava and green gram in separate vessels. 3 cups water will be required for wheat rava and 1 cup water for green gram to pressure cook.
• 3.While cooking dal add a drop of ghee, pinch of turmeric powder and asafoetida.
• 4.Heat a kadai (wok) and add 1 Tbsp ghee and saute the cashews till light brown.
• 5.Transfer it to a bowl.
• 6.Add curry leves, cumin seeds, peppercorns and ginger and saute in the same kadai.
• 7.Add the cooked wheat rava, dal and salt to the kadai and mix well.
• 8.Finally add cashews and rest of the ghee. Tasty and healthy pongal is ready.
• 9.Serve hot with chutney.