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.