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Rava Pongal Recipe – Rava Khara Pongal
January 11, 2016 By Radhika Leave a Comment
Rava Pongal recipe or Rava Khara Pongal recipe with step by step photos using Autolysis method which makes it a very quick and filling breakfast or dinner that can be had along with coconut chutney and sambar.
I love anything that is made using Rava (Sooji or Cream of wheat). While most of the general population may whine about rava upma conveying their displeasure at having to eat it whenever it is served at home, I love it totally and let me not forget my other favorite the rava khichadi.
Pongal happens to be my favourite breakfast and if I’m not so worried about the calories at all, I would eat pongal and media vada along with…
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