South Indian Style Chana Dal Payasam Recipe.

Ingredients

• Chana dal – 1 cup
• Grated coconut – 1 cup
• Cardamom – 3 pods
• Sago pearls – ½ cup
• Jaggery – 250 grm
• Cashew nut – 250 grm
• Raisins – 250 grm
• Ghee- 2 tbsp

Method

• Rinse the chana dal couple of times in water ,then drain and set aside.
• Heat water in a pan add ghee and chana dal cook them well,set aside
• Take a bowl add grated coconut and water mix well and drain the thick coconut milk and set
  a side.
• Again pour some water in the squeezed coconut ,drain the thin coconut milk ,set aside.
• Heat water in a pan add sago pearls and boiled well.
• Crush cardamom and set aside
• Next we add grated jaggery in to the pan , mix well and stir so that the jaggery dissolves
  completely Add crushed cardamom and mix it well.
• Then we have to add cooked chana dal and stir it well.
• Now we add thin coconut milk and stir well and cook for 6 to 7 minutes.
• Then add fresh thick coconut milk and mix well.
• Heat ghee in a small pan add cashew nut .fry till the cashew nut turns to golden brown.
• Ones the cashew nut starts becoming golden add raisins and stir .
• Fry well till the raisins till plump
• Then pour the entire ingredients of the pan in the chana dal payasam.
• Mix well and serve chana dal payasam hot or warm and enjoy the taste.