Moong Dal Payasam - Yellow Lentil Pudding
Moong dal payasam is a sweet, creamy, luscious, thick and delicious dessert made from yellow moong dal also known as split skinned green gram along with coconut milk, jaggery and cardamom powder and roasted nuts and raisins.
Equipment
- 1 Pressure Cooker You can make it in instant pot aswell.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Yellow Moong Dal / Split & Skinned Green Gram
- 1/2 cup Jaggery
- 200 ml Coconut Milk
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
- 1 tsp Ghee, to roast nuts & raisins
- 1 tsp Ghee, to roast Lentils
- Handful of Slit Almonds & Cashew Nuts
- 1 tbsp Raisins
- 3 cups Water
Instructions
- Rinse moong dal with water to get rid of impurities.
- In a pan, add a teaspoon of ghee and roast the dal/lentil until it turns golden brown and releases a nice aroma.
- Once the moong dal / lentil is nicely roasted. Add water and pressures cook for 4-5 whistles till the dal is soft and cooked perfectly.
- In a saucepan, add a teaspoon of ghee. Add the cooked dal along with jaggery, and let the jaggery melt a bit.
- Add 200 ml or 1 cup of coconut milk and simmer the dal in the milk for about 5 minutes. Keep of stirring occasionally.
- Add cardamom powder and roasted nuts & raisins. Simmer for another minute.
- Moong dal payasam is ready. Serve warm or chilled.
Notes
In case you do not have jaggery, you can use brown sugar instead.
Instead of nuts, you can add roasted dry coconut slices to garnish the payasam.
The colour of the payasam mostly depends on the colour of the jaggery. So many times you will find the colour difference from recipe to recipe.
