🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Paruppu Payasam

Name: Paruppu Payasam
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Ghee; 2 cups (thin + thick) Coconut Milk; 2 tbsp Cashews; 1 cup powdered Jaggery; 4, powdered Green Cardamom; 1 cup Yellow Moong Dal

🇮🇳 Indian

Moong dal paruppu payasam — creamy jaggery-sweetened lentil pudding with coconut milk and ghee-roasted cashews. Festival spoon dessert.

Prep 10 min Cook 40 min Serves 6 Easy

Ingredients

Ghee2 tbsp
Coconut Milk2 cups (thin + thick)
Cashews2 tbsp
Jaggery1 cup powdered
Green Cardamom4, powdered
Yellow Moong Dal1 cup

Optional extras

Saltpinch
Golden Raisins1 tbsp

Instructions

1
Dry-roast moong dal lightly; cook until soft and mashable.
2
Melt jaggery with a little water; strain into the dal.
3
Add thin coconut milk; simmer.
4
Finish with thick coconut milk, cardamom and a pinch of salt.
5
Fry cashews and raisins in ghee; fold in.

Chef's tip

Add thick coconut milk off a hard boil so it stays silky.

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