Rava Pongal recipe with step by step photos. This is a comforting and delicious breakfast recipe of Pongal variant made with rava (semolina), moong dal, cashews, spices and herbs. With rava (sooji or cream of wheat), many quick dishes can be made like Rava uttapam, Rava chilla. This sooji pongal is one of those recipes that can be made with rava. Though not quick to make as you need to cook moong dal first, but tastes very good when paired with coconut chutney or just plainly served. In the recipe, some grated veggies and green peas also can be added.