🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Moong Dal Payasam

Name: Moong Dal Payasam
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 3 tbsp Ghee; 2 cups Coconut Milk; 2 tbsp Cashews; 1 cup Jaggery; 1 cup Yellow Moong Dal

🇮🇳 Indian

A bowl of payasam — slow milk, ghee, jaggery, and the quiet pride of a job done patiently. Ready in 50 minutes including prep.

Prep 20 min Cook 30 min Serves 6 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Ghee3 tbsp
Coconut Milk2 cups
Cashews2 tbsp
Jaggery1 cup
Yellow Moong Dal1 cup

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantroto finish

Instructions

1
Roast the main lightly in ghee until it smells like a festival kitchen.
2
Simmer it in milk (or coconut milk) until soft and the liquid turns creamy.
3
Melt the jaggery or sugar through on a low flame — no boil after jaggery or it turns grainy.
4
Finish with cardamom, fried cashews and raisins; serve warm.

Chef's tip

Mithai rewards low heat and clean pans; rush nothing.

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Watch how it's made

Video: moong dal payasam recipe | paruppu payasam | pasi paruppu payasam · on YouTube