Dal payasam
Dal payasam recipe in the indian category
Recipe ingredients:
- Moong Dal (lentil) - 1 cup
- Coconut - 1/2
- Jaggery - 2 cups (grated)
- Cardamom powder - 1 tsp.
- Cashewnuts - 1/4 cup
- Raisins - 1/4 cup
- Ghee
Recipe method:
- Wash and drain the dal. Fry it in hot ghee for 2-3 mins. Keep aside.
- Fry the cashews and raisins in ghee and keep aside.
- Cut 5-6 coconut rings and chop it further to small pieces. Fry it in ghee and keep aside.
- Grate the remaining coconut and grind it with 1 cup hot water.
- Drain and reserve the coconut milk. This will be thicker.
- Again add 1 cup hot water to the ground and drained coconut and grind.
- Squeeze the milk out and reserve in a separate bowl from the previous.
- Add this second milk to the fried dal and pressure cook it.
- In the meantime, boil 1- 1/2 cup water and add the jaggery to it.
- Boil it till the liquid obtains a thick consistency. Pour this into the boiled dal mixture and stir well.
- Cook for a few mins. Add cardamom pwd. and the fried cocunut pieces, cashews and raisins.
- Keep strring all the time. Add the thick coconut milk and mix well. Remove from heat and serve hot.
- It tastes great if eaten cold too.
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