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Moong Dal Payasam

Moong Dal Payasam | Paruppu Payasam

Moong Dal Payasam is an easy and quick, healthy Indian dessert or sweet dish prepared from the moong dal (lentil), milk and jaggery.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert, Festival Recipes, Sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Moong Dal
  • 2 cup Water for cooking the dal
  • 3/4 cup Jaggery
  • 1/2 cup Water for dissolving jaggery
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
  • 1 tsp Ghee
  • 10-12 Cashews halves
  • 7-8 Raisins

Instructions
 

  • Firstly, take 1 cup of moong dal, wash it well for two to three times.
  • Add 2 cup of water, and pressure cook it for three whistles or until the dal is soft.
  • Meanwhile, in a pan take 3/4 cup of jaggery, add 1/2 cup of water.
  • Dissolve the jaggery in water. After dissolving filter it to remove any impurities.
  • Next, add the pressure cooked moong dal to it.
  • Let this mixture comes to a good boil.
  • Then add 1 cup of milk and stir well.
  • Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, and add 1/4 tsp cardamom powder.
  • In 1 tsp of Ghee roast the cashews and raisins.
  • When the Cashews turns golden colour then switch off the flame.
  • Pour this to the kheer | payasam.
  • Mix well and it is ready to serve.

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HOW TO MAKE MOONG DAL PAYASAM | PARUPPU PAYASAM WITH STEP BY STEP PHOTOS : 

  1. Firstly, take 1 cup of moong dal.Moong Dal Payasam
  2. Wash it well for two to three times.Moong Dal Payasam
  3. Add 2 cup of water, and pressure cook it for three whistles or until the dal is soft.Moong Dal Payasam
  4. Meanwhile, in a pan take 3/4 cup of jaggery.Moong Dal Payasam
  5. Add 1/2 cup of water to dissolve the jaggery.Moong Dal Payasam
  6. Dissolve the jaggery in water. After dissolving filter it to remove any impurities.Moong Dal Payasam
    Moong Dal Payasam
  7. Next, add the pressure cooked moong dal to it.Moong Dal Payasam
  8. Let this mixture comes to a good boil.Moong Dal Payasam
  9. Then add 1 cup of milk and stir well.Moong Dal Payasam
  10. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, and add 1/4 tsp cardamom powder.Moong Dal Payasam
  11. In 1 tsp of Ghee roast the cashews and raisins.Moong Dal Payasam
  12. When the Cashews turns golden colour then switch off the flame.Moong Dal Payasam
  13. Pour this to the kheer | payasam.Moong Dal Payasam
  14. Mix well and it is ready to serve.Moong Dal Payasam
Keyword Hesaru Bele Payasa, Moong Dal Kheer, Moong Dal Payasam, Paruppu Payasam