Chana Dal Payasam or Kadale Bele Payasa

Ingredients

• Chana Dal or Kadale Bele - 1 cup
• Jaggery - 3/4 cup to 1 cup
• Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Poppy Seeds - 3 tsp
• Ghee - 1tsp
• Cashew Nuts - 8 to 10
• Raisins - 8 to 10
• Cardamom - 2

Method

• Wash the Chana Dal or Kadale Bele thoroughly. Soak the Dal/Bele in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes. Then pressure cook Chana Dal in the same water used for soaking, until you hear about 2 whistles.
• Grind the Poppy Seeds/Khus-Khus, Grated Coconut and Cardamom with little water in a mixer grinder to a smooth paste.
• In a vessel, add Jaggery and 1 cup of water (you may use the same water used for cooking the Dal/Bele if you like) and heat until the Jaggery melts. Once the Jaggery melts, add ground Coconut paste from Step 2, cooked Chana Dal from Step 1 and again cook all these ingredients for 5-6 minutes. Remove from the flame.
• Heat Ghee in another frying pan, add Cashew Nuts, Raisins and fry them until the Cashew Nuts turn golden brown in color.
• Now add fried Cashew Nuts, Raisins to the above Paysam mixture from Step 3 above.