Traditional Kadalai Paruppu Payasam / Channa Dal Kheer - All festival special (Ganesh Chathurthi, Saraswati Pooja, Tamil New year)

Ingredients:

Channa Dal – 3 tsp.

Moong Dal – ½ cup

Jaggery – ½ cup

Milk – ¼ cup (optional)

Coconut – 2 tsp.

Ghee  - 4 tsp.

Cardamom  - 3 nos.

Rice – 1 tsp.

Raisins & Cashews for garnishing.

Procedure:

In a heated pan add 1 tsp of ghee, Channa Dal, Moong Dal and roast them until golden brown.

Now pressure cook the roasted mixture with little water until 2 whistles.

Soak the rice for 20 mins and grind in a mixer with coconut to a fine paste.

In a pestle grind the cardamom, jaggery into a powder and set aside.

Now add water to the cardamom, jaggery mixture and filter it to remove dirt.

Now in a medium vessel take the extracted jaggery,cardamom mixture and bring to a boil.

Meanwhile slightly mash the pressure cooked dal mixture ,add milk,ground paste and add this to the jaggery and cook for about 5 mins or until it slightly thickens in a medium flame. Payasam/ kheer is ready.

In a frying pan heat the ghee along with raisins and cashews.Add this to the Payasam.

Yummy Payasam is ready. Serve hot.

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