Rice & Dal Payasam

Ingredients

• • Rice (raw) - ½ cup
• • Green gram dal - ½ cup
• • Bengal gram dal - ½ cup
• • Milk - 2 cups
• • Coconut - 1
• • Cashew nuts - 1 tablespoon
• • Ghee - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Jaggery (grated) - 2 cups

Method

• 1. Grate coconut, add water and grind to paste.
• 2. Strain and take first extract.
• 3. To the pulp add more water, grind and then take second extract.
• 4. Dry roast rice, dal each separately till golden colour.
• 5. Allow to cool, wash it and cook green gram dal separately in enough water.
• 6. Mix bengal gram dal, rice and pressure cook with milk for 10 to 12 minutes.
• 7. Mix everything together, add jaggery and cook in reduced flame till it melts along with second extract.
• 8. Allow to boil for few minutes and then add first extract of coconut.
• 9. When it reaches boiling point, remove from fire and garnish with fried cashew nut.