Pachai Payaru Sweet Sundal / Green Gram Sweet Sundal - Navarathri Recipes

Pachai payaru sweet sundal is made of whole green gram and jaggery. This is a very simple and healthy sundal as jaggery is added to the already healthy green gram. I made this for Navarathri, as its very special to make sweet with jaggery during this festival. 

Ingredients:

Pachai payaru / Green gram - 1 cup

Jaggery - 1 1/2 cups

Water - 2 cups

Shredded coconut - 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Cashew - 1 tbsp

Ghee - 2 tbsp (optional)

Method:

Soak the green gram for 7 to 8 hours or overnight.

Pressure cook them adding water (1/4 to 1/2 cups) up to 4 to 5 whistles. Here we don't add salt or turmeric as our regular green gram sundal.

In a heavy bottom pan add the jaggery and water. Let them boil till you get the thick consistency. If you touch the jaggery it should be sticky. We call it as "pagu"(thick syrup) in tamil.

Now add the shredded coconut to the jaggery pagu, along with cardamom powder and cashew.

Mix it well and add the cooked green gram  to it. 

Mix well using a ladle till all the jaggery pagu get sucked by the green gram and reach the Sundal consistency. 

Add ghee and give a final saute for extra flavor. 

Notes: Adding ghee is optional. I didnt add but tasted good

           Watch for the jaggery pagu, it should not be too thick as it will become hard once it cools or too thin as it will not taste as good as this recipe.