If you are in my friends list in FB,you might have know how much busy i was during this weekend.Yep i had a funfilled, super busy and a joyful weekend in London. Actually i planned this trip to participate in Blogger's buzz meet organised by London food bloggers, thank god my better half was kind enough to pay my eurostar tickets and took care of everything during my weekend trip to London.I stayed at Priya R's place and we had loads of fun together, actually Priya suggested me to stay with her when i was chitchatting with her about my trip, how wonderful she is na,honestly tell me who will say immediately come and stay with me,i have to say a big thanks to her husband too. Both were wonderful,kind,caring and i came back home with many more memorbale moments. Thanks Priya, am really blessed to get a caring sister like you.
Meanwhile dry roast the ragi rava, once the steam goes on, transfer the cooked moongdal to a bowl, add enough water if needed to make 2+1/2cups of dal.
Add this dal to the roasted ragi rava and cook in medium flame until the ragi rava gets well cooked and the dal water gets absorbed by them.
Heat the ghee or oil, fry the cumin seeds, peppercorns,cashew nuts and curry leaves until they turn brown.
I landed friday nite at st. Pancras international railway station, both Priya and her husband picked me at 10.45pm. Next day morning myself and Priya went to the blogger's meet, i met many more foodie bloggers like me. This meet was simply fabulous,well organised and we had a photography session with Jeanne of Cook Sister, a macaron baking class and a blog monetizing class. We had a brunch,lunch and snacks there itself,we also came back to our place with a goodie bag filled with many stuffs in it.Please do check Vineetha's space to know more about this meet, she wrote much more better than me about the whole day we spend together with many more food bloggers like us.
Sunday Priya and myself went to Stratford mall to meet Jagruti and Jayasri ravi,we had some chaat food together and we had a wonderful time four together. Then finally we went to the famous bakeware shop Lakeland to get some baking stuffs for me, omg i was completely astonished to see the variety of baking stuffs there and i was lost.I bought few but somehow i want that complete shop you know, god only knows how i loved all those baking stuffs.Seriously i went to London with a suitcase and came back home with two more bags.Finally my weekend went to faster and two days wasnt enough for me as usual.
Coming to Ragi Rava khara pongal, its very much as like rava pongal,instead of using semolina, i went for my recent favourite ragi rava, else everything goes for the usual ingredients. But tastewise, ragi rava didnt changed anything and this dish tastes exactly as like our usual pongal. Some were asking me wat is Ragi rava,its 100% ragi grains broken into small bites as medium quality rava, actually it is ragi semolina, some thought that i mixed both ragi flour and usual semolina, nope its semolina prepared from ragi grains. Hope i cleared their doubts here.Sending this filling pongal to my own event CWS-Ragi or Quinoa guest hosted by my dear sister Divya.
1cup Ragi rava
1/4cup Split Moongdal
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
1/2tsp Grated Ginger
2tbsp Oil or ghee
1/2tsp Cumins seeds
10nos Peppercorns
10nos Cashew nuts
Salt
Few Curry leaves
Wash the moongdal and take in pressure cooker with a cup of water, ginger,asafoetida powder and salt, cook upto 3hisses.
Meanwhile dry roast the ragi rava, once the steam goes on, transfer the cooked moongdal to a bowl, add enough water if needed to make 2+1/2cups of dal.
Add this dal to the roasted ragi rava and cook in medium flame until the ragi rava gets well cooked and the dal water gets absorbed by them.
Heat the ghee or oil, fry the cumin seeds, peppercorns,cashew nuts and curry leaves until they turn brown.
Add the tempered spices & cashews to the cooking ragi rava-dal mixtures, toss them well until everything get well mixed.
Serve hot with sambar or coconut chutney.
42 comments:
Wow nice to know that I gas a wonderful time with the blogger friends.... post some more pic if u have.... Ragi rava Pongal is really very interesting...
wow aks what an honor :-) loved to meet you i must thank BB team for organizing this event and making it possible for us to meet. I am so glad to meet a humble and cheerful person like you. I did see your London prop in the pic ;), it looks super cute... waiting to see all your baking recipes with your new bakeware :)
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Priya
Hi dearie, wow what a happening Sunday! I hope to meet you ladies one fine day!!!
That pongal is calling me!!!
looks like u had a whole lot of fun ; the ragi khara pongal looks swell :)
After seeing ur photo of lakeland , i too want to buy the whole shop akka..................
healthy pongal.......
Nice to know that ü enjoyed very much... Btw, Pongal looks so great
Event: Dish name starts with Q till Feb 28th
healthy pongal for a perfect dinner....im sure my mom will love this...
Invitng pongal... Guess u had a wonderful days, i can feel it from this post. Why cant u share a seperate post Priya ??!! :) Just an aasai :)
Great to know that you had a superb weekend priya. Th pongal looks yum and healthy
Am so happy on that day akka...I think u got all ur baking stuffs...waiting to see more recipes from new baker wares...Ragi pongal is something new to me its looks so delicious...
Nice pongal recipe and happy to know that you enjoyed a lot during your London trip.OHH..to sweet Priya R.
Looks like u had a nice time,,,:)
Pongal looks yum,
wow..delicious .Enjoyed the meet in london
U GUYS ENJOYED LOT HA....
N DIS LUKS REALLY YUMMY
Loved reading your post..nice shopping..have fun with your bakes..nice and yummy breakfast..
nice to heard about the blogger meet and blogger friends meet. Healthy Ragi rava pongal .
super tempting ragi pongal..hope u had blast during weekend(of course,u did)
this is so tempting..I wonder if I can get it here in Canada.
Saw the pics in FB, i know u had a gr8 time meeting blogger friends,loved all pictures.. ragi pongal sounds yum,will try for my little one
Waiting for new baked recipes!
I can see how much you have enjoy the meet in ur smiley pics priya :) Hope to meet you too :)and Delicious pongal..
Looks like you had a good time.
How lucky to be able to flee to London just for the weekend! I miss London too but too far for me to go only weekend.
How come your sister has the same name like yours?
Oh I couldn't stop laughing when I read about ur additional bags .... who can resist shopping aka...
..loved each single moment of that day ...u r the most enthuthiastic person ever...thanks a lot for mentioning about my post..umma..waiting to see ur baking with all ur new bakewares :)
Yeah i got through FB. Your pongal looks so healthy and lovely
Nice writing priya by reading I can feel how you might enjoyed.
looks like you ladies had a wonderful weekend :) nice version..
have been following your ragi-rava recipes and getting inspired to try something outside my comfort zone. these looks yummy... will try some of these soon. btw i love your token from London. its too cute :)
Looks like you had a lovely time Priya, the salt and pepper shaker looks so cute..
Sounds like a fabulous trip indeed! It must've been awesome to meet other bloggers.
Veinarde. Je ne connais pas encore Londres. Une ville à visiter.
Encore une recette à déguster.
A bientôt
the london props look so cute.love the healthy pongal too.very innovative.
Was waiting for your post on your trip Priya! Happy to know you had loads of fun...
Happy to know that u had wonderful time there...yes.,Priya is such a lovely n caring person...U guys were so lucky, that u got chance to meet, great!!
Ragi Rava is new to me, pongal sounds healthy n delicious...
It is nice to know that you had great time in London. Waiting to see lot recipes with new bakeware.
By the way ragi kara pongal looks delicious.
Orey pogaya irukku Priya.Trip sema ya enjoy panni irukeenga.Indha saakula,US la oru sister irukkaradhai marandhudadheenga .Eppo vara poreenga Enga oorukku ? Ha ha ha vandha enga vetukku kandippa varanum :)
Happy to know that u gals had a wonderful time there. Ladies day out is a must for every lady. Love the clicks. Pongal looks delicious.
Healthy and delicious pongal. Thanks for linking it to the event Akka..
i was looking for ragi recipes..love this pongal idea.. I going to try your ragi upma and sweet balls recipe too ;)
Saw the pics in FB, you had a nice time. delicious pongal Priya
Lovely write up, i saw the pics in FB, you had a wonderful time...Delicious khara pongal sis...
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