Paruppu podi (2 types)

Ingredients:

Toor daal (thuvaram paruppu) 1 cup or 150 gms
Dry chilli (Red) 1
Asafoetida little
Salt to taste

Method:

Roast the toor daal till it turns golden brown. Add salt and asafoetida to the daal and let it cool. Grind it to fine powder in a mixie.

Variation:

In the above ingredients list, replace red chilli with 4 pepper corns and 1/4 table spoon of kus kus.

Roast the kus kus first and then follow the same method.

Paasi paruppu payasam (Moong dal kheer)

Ingredients:

Milk 150 ml
Moong dal (paasi paruppu) 1 cup or 50 gms
Jaggery (vellam) 1 cup or 50 gms
cardomom powder a pinch or two
Cashwenuts (fried in ghee) 3-4

Method:

Roast the moong dal in a tawa for a few mts. Take it out when the color starts changing to brown. Add 1-1.5 cups of water to the dal, keep it in a cooker and cook. (two whistles will be sufficient). Add jaggery to the mixture in a separate vessel and let it boil. Add cardomom powder and cashews. Add milk and let it boil for a couple of minutes.

Serve it hot or chilled. Easiest payasam that you can ever make and healthy too because it is protein rich. Can be done with skimmed milk also. Add more milk/water to variate the recipe to your taste.