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    Home » Rice Recipes » Easy Sambar Sadam, Bansi Rava Sakkarai Pongal | Navaratri Recipes | Step by Step Recipe

    Easy Sambar Sadam, Bansi Rava Sakkarai Pongal | Navaratri Recipes | Step by Step Recipe

    Published: Sep 30, 2011 · Modified: Sep 23, 2020 by Srivalli · 4 Comments

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    Today's Navaratri Pooja's Special Dishes on Day 3 were - Simple Sambar Sadam & Bansi Rava Sakkarai Pongal.

    For the third day of the Navaratri Pooja, the neivedyam was decided as Sakkarai Pongal and Sambar Sadam. Since today happens to be Friday, it was also told making Sakkarai Pongal is important. So I decided to make Sambar Sadam and Sakkarai Pongal using new recipes and ingredients

    I went shopping yesterday and found Bansi Rava, Sambar Goduma Rava and Broken Wheat. I know the names are so confusing and I have myself used it interchanging. Will put up the pictures and find out about them. Meanwhile I took the rava that was called Bansi Rava and made Sakkara Pongal with it. Since I was looking at a simpler Sambar Sadam, this was the simplest one can get at. Sambar Sadam I made today can't exactly be called Bisi Bele Bath as it didn't have all the spices added to it, but can be called a version of it..:)
    Konda's exams got over today and she has been so happy. For all the hue and cry she was making about not having holidays, we came to know that the school closes for a week and she has been so trilled over it. Well I can imagine how the next week is going to be.

    Sambar Sadam / Sambar Rice | Easy Bisi Bele Bath

    Rice - 1 cup

    Toor Dal - 1/2 cup

    Vegetables - Carrot, Beans, Drumstick - 2 cups

    Tomatoes - 2 big

    Sambar powder - 1 & 1/2 tsp (the powder is not very spicy)

    Turmeric powder

    Salt to taste

    Tamarind pulp - 1 tsp

    Hing/ Asafetida -  a ping

    For Seasoning

    Oil - 1 tsp

    Ghee - 2 tsp

    Onions - 1/2 medium

    Garlic - 2 cloves

    Mustard seeds, Urad dal, Jeera, Methi Mix - 1/4 tsp

    Curry leaves few

    Dry Red Chilies - 2

    Cashew nuts

    Spice Powder - 2 tsp (See the recipe below)

    For Spice Powder:

    Bengal Gram - 2 tsp

    Coriander seeds - 1 tsp

    Methi - few

    Dry Red Chilies - 3

    Copra - 1 tsp (opt)

    Dry roast the above and grind to a semi smooth powder. This can be stored for couple of days and used in different recipes.

    How to make the Sambar Sadam:

    Wash and soak the rice for 15 - 20 mins.

    Wash and pressure cook the toor dal with 1 & 1/2 cups along with few drops of oil, hing and turmeric for 3 -4 whistles till it is well cooked. Wait for the pressure to fall.

    Then add the drained rice, 3 cups water. tamarind pulp, chopped tomatoes and pressure cook for 3 whistles.

    Wash and chop the vegetables. Microwave for 10 mins or else cook separately.

    Once the pressure is off, add the vegetables along with the water, spice powder. If required pressure cook for 1 whistle. Else add simmer for 5 mins.

    Heat another pan with oil, ghee, add the seasoning ingredients, when mustard pops, add the onions, saute till brown.

    Pour this tempering over the cooked rice and garnish with coriander leaves.

    Bansi Rava Sakkarai Pongal | Chakkara Pongal with Bansi Rava

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    Ingredients Needed:

    Bansi Rava - 1/2 cup

    Yellow moong dal - fistful

    Bengal Gram 2 tsp

    Jaggary - 3/4 cup (can decrease the amount if you feel it will be more sweet)

    Ghee - 2 tsp

    Cashew nuts and Raisins

    How to make Bansi Rava Sakkarai Pongal:

    Wash and soak the Rava along with Yellow Moong dal, Bengal Gram for 10 mins.

    Then pressure cook with 1 cup water. Add more if you want it loose. Pressure cook for 2 -3 whistles.

    In a pan, melt jaggary with little water, remove impurities if required. Pour this on the cooked rava and mix well.

    Heat ghee and roast the nuts and add to the pongal.

    The amount of water you add depends on the consistency of the cooked rava, if required add more so that it tends to be loose and easy to eat.

    Bansi Rava Sakkarai Pongal was delicious. Amma told me that she liked it a lot and wanted to know how I made, well that surely made my day.

    Hope you all had a wonderful day.

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    Easy Sambar Sadam, Bansi Rava Sakkarai Pongal | Navaratri Recipes | Step by Step Recipe

    Course Main Dish - Rice, Sweets
    Cuisine Tamil Nadu
    Occasion Navaratri
    By Diet Vegetarian
    Dish Type Pongal Recipes
    Author Srivalli
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    1. Nalini's Kitchen says

      September 30, 2011 at 6:36 pm

      Looks yummy..happy following you.

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    2. divya says

      September 30, 2011 at 9:27 pm

      Oh yum. Those look amazing and delicious.

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    3. Manju says

      September 30, 2011 at 7:11 pm

      Happy Navrathri to you too! I like the idea of using bansi rava instead of rice for chakkara pongal. Ive gotta make this for neivedyam one of these days 🙂

      Reply
    4. alpana says

      October 03, 2011 at 1:37 pm

      This dish looks so yummy & delicious.....Thanks

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