Dal payasam
Dal payasam recipe in the indian category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup moong dal, lentil
- 1/2 coconut
- 2 cups jaggery, grated
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1/4 cup cashewnuts
- 1/4 cup raisins
- Ghee
Recipe method:
- Wash and drain the dal. Fry it in hot ghee for 2 to 3 minutes. Keep aside.
- Fry the cashews and raisins in ghee and keep aside.
- Cut 5 to 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 cups 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.