Pesarapappu Rawa Pongali - Moong Dal Sooji Pongal

 Ingredients:
 1 cup Sooji/Bombay Rava
1 cup pesarapappu /Moong dal/green gram
1 inch ginger, chopped finely
2 green chillies, slit length-wise
2 red chillies
2 tbsp cashew nuts
1 tbsp black pepper
1/4 tbsp mustard
salt as per taste
2 tbsp ghee
Few curry leaves
1 tbsp oil

Preparation:
In a bowl, add green gram and enough water and boil till dal becomes soft. mash and keep aside

In a pan, add oil and 1 tbsp ghee and when it is hot add black pepper, mustard, red chillies,cashew nuts, green chillies and curry leaves and saute for two minutes

Now add moong dal paste to the pan and mix well and cook for a min.

Now add 3 cups of water to the pan, enough salt and mix well

Cover the pan with lid and let it come to a boil.

Now add Sooji slowly to the pan and keep mixing while adding sooji not to form lumps

 Cook on slow heat for just 2min. Add 1 tbsp ghee to the pan and mix well and switch off the heat. Tasty Pongal is ready to eat

Goes well with mango or any other pickle.