| # of servings: 4 -6 | |
| Preparation Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 25 mins |
A quick dessert with very little watch time. It also has fewer calories since it has minimal ingredients and no oil. Since moong daal is very cooling to the body, it almost makes this a healthy dessert!
Ingredients:
- Moong daal - 0.75 cup
- Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
- Grated coconut - 0.75 cup
- Almonds (or) cashews - 1 fistful (optional)
- Jaggery - 0.75 cup
- Cardamom - 3
- Edible camphor - 1 pinch (optional)
- Saffron - 2 pinches
- Ghee - 1 tsp (optional)
- Broken cashews (or) silted almonds - 1 fistful (optional)
Method:
- Soak the poppy seeds and saffron in half a cup of water
- Soak almonds (or) cashews in a little water (if using)
- Dry roast the moong daal until the raw smell is eliminated and they start turning pinkish ('Saute' mode in IP)
- Pressure-cook the roasted daal with 2.5 cups of water ('Pressure Cook' mode for 2 mins in IP)
- Grind together the grated coconut, soaked almonds/cashews, poppy seeds and saffron
- Pour the ground paste into another vessel and add jaggery
- Bring this to a gentle boil
- Add the cooked moong daal to this
- Adjust to desired consistency by adding water and bring to a gentle boil again
- Add cardamom powder and edible camphor (if using) and turn off the heat
- In a little ghee, roast the broken cashews (or) silted almonds (if using)
- Add this to the paayasam and mix well
- Serve hot or at room temperature as dessert
- It could be enjoyed along with dosas as a dip as well. Children enjoy this very much!
Tips and Tricks:
- Dry roasting the moong daal will keep the lentils from becoming a lump or sticking to each other
- Cooking the daal for only 2 minutes will keep its grainy texture making the paayasam more delectable
- Soaking poppy seeds makes them grind smoothly and makes the paayasam creamier
- Soaked and ground almonds/cashews will add body, flavor and texture to the paayasam
- Soaking saffron releases its color nicely into the food
- Bringing it to a gentle boil rather than rolling boil will keep the homogenous texture of the paayasam
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