• Rava 1 cup
• moong dal 1/3 cup
• water 4 1/2 cup
• salt 3/4 tsp
• cashews 1 tsp(broken)
• ghee 4 tbs
• curry leaves
• ginger 1/2 tsp
• peppercorn 1 tsp
• cumin seeds 1/2 tsp

1. In a dry pan add rava and fry it till raw smell goes off.
2. Remove it from the pan and keep aside.
3. To the pan, add 2 tsp of ghee and fry peppercorn and cumin for 2 mins at medium heat.
4. Grind this to a powder and keep aside.
5. Add the remaining ghee and fry cashews, curryleaves, ginger and keep aside.
6. In a thick vessel add moong dal and fry till it smells or golden brown.
7. Add 1 1/2 cup of water to dal and 1/2 cook.
8. In a cooker place a vessel containing remaining water, rava and the seasoning mixture.
9. Bring to boil and stir the mixture.
10. Add weight and cook it for 8-10 mins.
11. Add ghee when it is removed from the stove.
12. Eat it with coconut chutney.

Pongal is one of the major festivals in South India. Here is a nice detailed info from Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pongal Note: Rava (or Suji) is made from Semolina, an Indian cuisine made out of coarse ground wheat Moong Dal:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moong_dal