Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Moong Dal Payasam

MOONG DAL PAYASAM
Ingredients:
moong dal - 1 cup
jaggery - 1 cup
coconut milk - 2 cups
water - 4 cups
cardamom powder - 1 tsp
cashews (broken) - 20
raisins - 20
ghee - 1/4 cup

Method:
- in a pressure pan add the washed moong dal and 3 cups of water
- leave it to steam for 4 whistles
- mash well
- add the jaggery and 1 cup of water and make a semi thick syrup
- strain the syrup in a strainer
- add the syrup, coconut milk to the dhal mixture
- mix well
- add cardamom powder
- fry cashews and raisins in ghee until golden brown
- mix well
- bring it to boil and turn off the stove- serve chilled/ cold

This is for the EVENT: COOKING 4 ALL SEASONS

7 comments:

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow healthy and yummy.

Shama Nagarajan said...

looks yummy

Trupti said...

payasam looks delicious & healthy

Sapthanaa Vytheswaran said...

Thank you..
tastes even better when dry coconut is added after frying in ghee..

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Nice payasam... Moong dal payasam looks great... Yum yum...My first visit here shall drop in for more... You have a nice space here...

Sumathi said...

Payasam looks yummy..

Unknown said...

My fav Payasam.. healthy & yummy..