Paruppu Payasam

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Paruppu Payasam

Ingredients:

    • ½ cup moong dal or 100 grams moong dal (pasi paruppu)
    • 1 cup water to be added in the pan containing moong dal
    • 1.5 cups water to be added in pressure cooker
    • ½ cup thin coconut milk or second or third extract or water, add as required
    • ¾ cup jaggery powder or grated jaggery
    • 1 cup thick coconut milk or first extract, 250 ml
    • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
    • ½ teaspoon cardamom powder or seeds of 4 to 5 green cardamons, crushed in a mortar-pestle
    • 12 to 15 cashews
    • 1 tablespoons raisins
  • Fast Food Rinse 1/2 cup moong dal a couple of times. Take the moong dal and 1 cup water in a small pan.
  • Fast Food Place this pan in a pressure cooker. Add 1.5 cups water in the pressure cooker.
  • Fast Food Pressure cook moong dal for 5 to 6 whistles on medium flame or for 9 to 10 minutes.
  • Fast Food You can also cook the lentils directly in the cooker.
  • Fast Food In this case, you can add 1.5 cups water to the lentils and then pressure cook.
  • Fast Food When the pressure settles down on its own, remove the lid and check the dal.
  • Fast Food The lentils should be cooked well.
  • Fast Food Pour the entire contents of the small pan (cooked moong dal + water) in another pan or a kadai.
  • Fast Food Mash the moong dal with a spoon.
  • Fast Food Add 1/2 cup thin coconut milk or water and mix well.
  • Fast Food Add 3/4 cup jaggery powder. For a less sweet taste, you can add 1/2 cup jaggery powder or grated jaggery.
  • Fast Food Keep the pan or kadai on stove top and on a low flame heat this mixture.
  • Fast Food Keep on stirring so that the jaggery dissolves.
  • Fast Food Once all the jaggery dissolves, then add 1 cup thick coconut milk.
  • Fast Food Mix very well and just gently heat through for a minute or two.
  • Fast Food Switch off the flame and keep aside.
  • Fast Food Do not over heat or boil as the coconut milk can curdle.
  • Fast Food In a small pan or tadka pan, heat 2 tablespoons coconut oil. Add 12 to 15 cashews.
  • Fast Food Fry till the cashews begin to get golden.
  • Fast Food Once the cashews start becoming golden, add 1 tablespoon raisins and and ½ teaspoon cardamom powder.
  • Fast Food Fry the raisins till they become plump and swell.
  • Fast Food Now pour the entire content of the tadka pan (coconut oil + cashews + raisins) in the payasam.
  • Fast Food Mix very well and serve pasi paruppu payasam hot or warm.
  • Fast Food Refrigerate the paruppu payasam as soon as it comes to room temperature.