Pasi Parupu Payasam ( Moong Dal Payasam (or) Moong Dal Kheer)

Another recipe to prepare and cherish during auspicious occasions.  Pasi Parupu Payasam, my kid's most favourite payasam. Though Moong dal has good amonut of protein and fibre, it has very low  fat and carbohydrate. Its very easy to digest too.. Your tasty, protein high and light on stomach Moong Dal payasam recipe follows..

Recipe For : 2

Preparation Time : 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Pasi Parupu                - 1 cup (Moong Dal)

Jaggery                      - 3/4 cup (Vellam)

Milk                           -  1 cup

Cashews                    - 6 to 8

Raisins                       - 1 tbsp

Chopped Coconut      - a handful

Ghee                           - 2 tbsp

Procedure:

• Dry roast Pasi parupu until it leaves nice aroma and Cook it well in enough water. I used to cook for 5 continuous whistles. Chop coconut into thin pieces. Roast cashew nuts,  raisins and chopped coconut in ghee and take them out.
• Crumble jaggery into little pieces and add it to cooked pasi parupu. Cook in low flame so that jaggery gets melted. Adding 3/4 cup of jaggery was enough for us. You can increase the jaggery qunatity to 1 cup if you are a sweet lover..
• After jaggery had melted add 1 cup of boiled milk to it. This is done to adjust the payasam consisitency. You can increase or decrease amount of milk according to the consistency you wish. 
• Add roasted nuts, raisins and coconut to the payasam. You can also pour in some more ghee at this moment.  Enjoy your Pasi Parupu Payasam!!!