Cracked Wheat is a excellent Source of Fiber.Adding cracked wheat to pongal provides a variation in flavor and texture.Pongal prepared with cracked wheat is very delicious and healthy to eat.Adding veggies like carrot and beans to Wheat Rava pongal gives additional health benefits .This healthy pongal is simple and easy to prepare.
Ingredients
Godhuma Rava/Wheat rava - 1 cup.
Moong dal - 1/2 cup.
ghee - 3 tbsp + 2 tsp.
salt - for taste.
ginger -1 tsp (grated)
cumin seeds - 1 tsp.
pepper - 1 tsp.
curry leaves - 10.
carrot - 1.beans - 5.Preparation
Grind cumin seeds and pepper to a course powder, fry it in a 1/2 tsp of ghee and keep it aside.(fry it for 15 seconds to 30 seconds, within that you get very nice aroma of cumin and pepper corns).
fry cashews in a tsp of ghee, till it turns golden brown and keep it aside.
Pressure cook moong dal with needed water for 3 whistles(with 1 + 1/2 cups of water) or you can cook it in a bowl with needed water till it becomes soft and mushy.
Roast the rava in a tsp of ghee till it becomes hot.(optional).
chop the carrots and beans into small pieces and keep it aside.
Method
Take a kadai, add 3 tbsp of ghee, add ginger, and chopped carrot and beans.saute well, till it turns soft.Then add curry leaves saute it.
Add 3 + 1/2cups of water, then add salt, stir well.
when it starts boiling, slowly pour rava in one hand and stir the water the in other hand, so it won't have any lumps.now add cumin and pepper seeds.stir well till rava is cooked.
Now add cooked moong dal, stir well until, everything is incorporated well and water in it gets evaporated.
Finally add fried cashews, and stir well.
It goes very well, with coconut chutney or sambar.
