Pasi Paruppu Payasam – (Green Gram Dhal Kheer)
Posted on 02. Jun, 2012 by Uma in Desserts
This dessert is prepared mainly with green gram dhal with either sugar or jaggery. The main ingredient being green gram dhal, it is not only delicious,but also highly nutritious as a good source of protein.
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1. Green Gram dhal: 1 cup or 150 grams
2. Raw Rice: 1/3 Cup or 40 grams
3. Unrefined Sugar (Jaggery) : 175 grams
4. Coconut Milk : 3/4 Cup
5. Grated Coconut: 1 Tablespoon
6. Cardamom: 4 no
7. Cashew and Raisins: each 8 no
8. Ghee (Clarified butter) : 1 tablespoon
9. Water : 4 Cups
Method: Roast the green gram dhal in a skillet without oil lightly. Pressure cook the dhal and rice adding 3 cups of water for 8 minutes.
Mash it well and keep aside.
Add one cup water to the jaggery and boil it over low flame for 5 minutes in another vessel and then strain the syrup to remove the impurities.
Take one table spoon ghee and fry the raisins and cashew and keep aside. Powder the cardamom.
Now take the mashed dhal rice mixture and to this add the jaggery syrup and stir well over low flame. Then add the crushed cardamom,
grated coconut, coconut milk along with the fried cashew and raisins and keep stirring it for a couple of minutes.
Tips: Instead of adding fresh grated coconut, you can add small pieces of coconut fried in ghee to the payasam
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saravanakumar
Jan 11th, 2013
very good and nice to pasi paruppu payasam b y csk
aathi laxmi
May 11th, 2013
really superb