payasam

Recipe:
Moong dal - 1cup
Jaggery- 1 1/4th cup
Milk- 3 cups
water- 3 cups
Cardamom pods- 3
Few cashews and a tbsp of ghee

To grind:
toasted poppy seeds (gasaalu)- 3tsps
grated fresh coconut- 4tsps
and handful of cashews

grind the above ingredients with half a cup of milk to a smooth paste.

Procedure:
Cook moong dal in two cups of water. Make sure to not over cook it. The dal should still hold its shape. Keep it on a side.
Now in a different vessel add a cup of water and jaggery. Cook it till the jaggery is completely melted. Then add the ground mixture with 3 cups of milk. On a medium heat cook for ten minutes.
Now add the cooked moong dal and stir till everything is well combined. Now simmer this whole mixture for another ten minutes in a low heat.
Turn of the heat.Lastly add the cardamom powder and also fry some cashew in ghee and add it to the payasam.