Rawa Pongal

Ingredients:

Rawa : 1 cup
Green Gram Dhal : 1/2 cup
Green Chilly : 1
Black Pepper : 1 tsp (coarsely powdered)
Cumin sseds/Jeera : 1 tsp (coarsely powdered)
Asafotida powder : a pinch
Fresh Ginger : a small 1" piece (finely chopped)
Cashew nuts : few
Ghee : 2 tablespoon
Curry leaves: few strands
Salt :as per taste

Method:

Put rawa in a kadai and dry roast it untill it turn into light golden brown.
In the same kadai put the dhal and  roast slightly.
Pressure cook the dal with enough water and keep it aside.
Boil two cups of water and chopped ginger and salt to the boiling water.
Now slowly add the rawa into it and reduce the flame.
When rawa is cooked well and then add the cooked dhal and mix gently. Add one or two teaspoon ghee and mix it nicely.
In a kadai put the remaining ghee and when it is hot, add cashew nuts, asafotida powder, green
chillies, curry leaves and coarsely powdered pepper and jeera and fry just for a
second. Add this seasoning to the rawa-dhal mixture and mix well.

Suvaiyana rawa pongal is ready to serve.

This goes well with Coconut Chutney or sambar along with vadai.