Paasi paruppu Payasam / Moong dal Kheer:

Paasi paruppu or Yellow moong dal payasam is one of the many varieties of payasam. I prepared this payasam on the occasion of Shivaratri. It’s very easy and tasty, also healthy. As we are not adding sugar in this payasam, it’s better for health. Adding jaggery to the dish, which is prepared for neivedyam (offering) to God, is considered more special.

Ingredients:

Moon dal – ½ cup

Jaggery – 1cup

Water – 1 ½ cup

Milk – 4 cups

Cashew – 5 to 7 numbers

Raisin – 1tbsp

Ghee – 1tbsp

Method:

Fry the moong dal (without oil) in a pan or in the pressure cooker till it turns light brown.

Add 1 ½ cups water to the dal and cook in pressure cooker (3 whistles)

Boil the milk and keep aside.

Once the dal get cooked, smash it with a ladle and add little water and jaggery.

Let them boil for 5min.

Now add the boiled milk and boil the payasam for 15min.

Fry the cashews and raisins in ghee and keep aside.

Once the payasam reaches its constancy add the fried cashews and raisin and remove from heat.

Now the Moong dal payasam is ready to serve.