A savoury pongal (or pudding) made in Instant Pot with broken wheat grits and lentils. Served as breakfast with chutney and sambhar
Instant Pot Godhuma Rava Pongal or Lapsi Pongal. What is Pongal?
Pongal is a filling breakfast made often in South Indian / mostly tambrahm families. Basically, Pongal has 2 main components – a grain and a protein. Grains were traiditionally short grained rice (grown extensively in Tamilnadu) and protein (mostly moong dal / Pasi Paruppu).
Ghee adds to the flavour, although of late I saw hotels in Chennai / bloggers referring a variant to separately as “Ghee Pongal”. It was amusing to say the least. Whether it is the world famous Iyengar Chakkara Pongal (Sweet pongal) offered as naivedyam to the Lord or Ven Pongal (savoury version), ghee was considered to be pretty ubiquitous. Another family fav pongal is this Thinai Pongal (or pongal made with foxtail millet) or this Oats Pongal both of which are diabetic friendly
Godhuma rava or broken wheat is a great substitute for rice when making Pongal. As it is, over the last few years, millets have replaced rice for pongal in our household – be it for savoury or sweet versions. Pongal with Vada is a popular breakfast combo too as are Idlis, Dosa or Upma.
Godhuma Rava Pongal and some memories…
Growing up, I now recall Anna (that’s how we used to call my dad) and me had very similar tastes and palate. As much as we loved our staple Idli -vada- sambhar, we both LOVED pongal too. Anna especially loved his Chakara Pongal (sweet pongal) on festival days, and Amma (mom) used to make this Godhuma Rava Pongal on the days she observed Palaharam (the days she used to avoid eating rice for religious purposes) and as it was either a thursday or Saturday, this Pongal came about very quickly after a long work day – she was wedded to her job, and yet effeiciently managed the kitchen too. Anna loved this Godhuma Rava Pongal with another of his fav – South Indian Filter Coffee – all frothed up and perfect cuppa (sugarfree though) to set him up for the day !
Of course, Instant Pot (or even cooker sometimes) wasn’t available, Amma used to make this Godhuma Rava Pongal in an open pan and I used to watch her closely how she brought them all together. Will post the Open pan method soon on the blog, for that is yummy with some scorched bits of pongal on that vessel.
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What are the variants to Savoury / Ven Pongal?
What is typically served with Instant Pot Godhuma Rava Pongal?
- Coconut Chutney (any spicy chutney would do)
- Tiffin Sambhar
- Avial is also sometimes served with Pongal.
Tips to get the best Instant Pot Godhuma Rava Pongal
I don’t have IP. Can I still make this ? Yes you can make it in the pressure cooker, the cooking time would vary a bit. Also, you need to watch for burning in the pressure cooker if cooking directly in the pressure pan rather than cooking it in a separate vessel.
The Pongal isn’t fully cooked in IP. What could have gone wrong? Soaking the dal in hot water for minimum 10 mins and using hot water to cook gets the perfect consistency.
What kind of Lapsi to use? Use coarse Lapsi / Godhuma Rava for best results. The smaller variety would make the texture very gooey and unpalatable.
I want to skip ghee to make this Pongal. Yes, you can use vegan butters, if desired. I haven’t tried skipping ghee for Pongal
Use hot water to soak the moong dal as well as cook the pongal. This way the pressure builds up quickly without BURN notice on IP.
Let’s get to make Instant Pot Godhuma Rava Pongal
Cuisine – South Indian, Course – Breakfast
Prep time – 5 mins, Cook time – 15 mins; Serves – 4 generously
What you need to make Instant Pot Godhuma Rava Pongal
- 300 grams Broken Wheat (coarse variety – Godhuma Rava)
- 75 grams Split green gram (Moong dal / Pasi Paruppu)
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 2 TBSP Clarified butter (ghee)
- 1/2 tsp pepper corn (milagu)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera/ seeragam)
- 1/4 tsp asafoetida (skip for GF)
- 2 sprig curry leaves
- 1 tsp Ginger (grated)
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp Cashews
- 5 cups Hot water (depends on the variety of Rava)
How to make Instant Pot Godhuma Rava Pongal
Dry Roast the coarse wheat grits on low flame with half the pepper and cumin for 2-3 mins till a nice aroma wafts out.
Meanwhile, wash and soak the moong dal in 1 cup hot water for 5 mins.
For the rest of the steps, please watch the video below
- Assemble all the ingredients for the recipe from the list given above.
- Follow the video for the detailed instructions along with tips and tricks on how to make this.
- Head to the video embedded here for the method.
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Instant Pot Godhuma Rava Pongal
Equipment
- Instant Pot Sub with Pressure cooker, see notes
Ingredients
- 300 grams Cracked Wheat coarse variety – Godhuma Rava
- 75 grams Split green gram Moong dal / Pasi Paruppu
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 2 TBSP Clarified butter ghee
- 1/2 tsp Whole Black Pepper milagu
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds jeera/ seeragam
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida skip for GF
- 2 sprig Curry Leaves
- 1 tsp Ginger grated
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 2 tsp Cashews
Instructions
- Dry Roast the coarse wheat grits on low flame with half the pepper and cumin for 2-3 mins till a nice aroma wafts out.
- Meanwhile, wash and soak the moong dal in 1 cup hot water for 5 mins.
- Assemble all the ingredients for the recipe from the list given above.
- Follow the video for the detailed instructions along with tips and tricks on how to make this.
- Head to the video embedded here for the method.
- Refer the Video below for a detailed recipe and step by step instructions. If you are visiting our channel for the first time, please don’t forget to hit like ???? and subscribe to our channel ❤️. We appreciate your love and would eagerly wait to hear from from you on how we can bring your favourite dishes to our channel too ! Thanks a ton ????????
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This is such a lovely recipe to make in the instantpot. I love it.
Thanks Seema
Pass on that elai here . Bisi bisi Pongal with chutney is what I now need for this chill rainy lousy evening here 🙂
elai beka ? pongal beka ? 🙂 rainy chilly weather here too makes it so inviting !
The pongal looks so delicious – I want to grab that banana leaf straight off the screen. ???? The broken wheat makes this healthier than the regular rice-based pongal.
Thanks Priya. Come over, and we shall make this ON a banana leaf 🙂
Godhuma Rava Pongal looks super tempting. Traditional platter is so appetising. Loved reading the tips and tricks to make perfect Pongal .
Thank you, Preethi. It’s truly yummy too !
This is a quick, healthy and filling dish. Liked the use of broken wheat here instead of the usual rice.
Yes Jaya. The broken wheat gives the pongal a different, amazing texture and mouthfeel
I miss my IP so much here in India, I still have to get one .. Love IP way of making this quick breakfast dish, so good for busy mornings.
awww Swati. I so hear you. hope u get to but the IP at the soonest 🙂
I often make savoury broken wheat or lapsi with vegetables added to it as a meal. Like this godhuma rava pongal with moong dal. I will be trying out this recipe soon. Sounds so delicious and I am out missing the ghee.
Thanks,Mayuri. Wish I could make some pongal for you when we meet next 🙂
This instant pot godhuma rava pongal surely seems flavorful. Will try it out. Loved reading about the memories that encapsulate this delicious pongal.
Thanks so much, Neha. Sometimes a dish brings back lovely memories, isn’t it 🙂
The comfort of having an instant pot pongal on a winter day is beyond words. I loved the ease of this recipe.
thanks so much,Seema. it surely is a comforting dish
Thanks this pongal is delicious. I have a packet of Godhuma rava and was wonder what to make with it. Perfect for our dinner.
Awesome! do let me know how you guys liked it