Hesarubele/Moong Dal Payasa

One of the traditional sweets of Karnataka, usually everyone knows how to prepare prepare Herasubele/MoongDal payasa. Its very healthy,good for mouth ulcer and does not take much time to prepare.

Preparation Time - 30 mins

Ingredients:

• Hesarubele/Moong Dal - 1cup
• Water - 3-4 cups
• Jaggery - 1-1and Half Cup (Depends on sweetness like)
• Elakki/Cardamom -2-3
• Ghee - 2-3 sp
• Coconut - 1 cup (Grated)
• Cashews - 15
• Kishmish -15
• Rice -2sp

Method:

1. In a pressure cooker, add Hesarubele/Moongdal 1 cup and 2 cups water, cook until 2 whistles. Allow pressure to ease.
2. Mean while measure jaggey as according to your taste and dissolve in a sauce pan. No need to cook until paaka, just dissolving will do to get rid of dirt and sand like particles.Once jaggery dissolves just strain into a thick bottom vessel. 
3. In a mixer jar add grated coconut, 2 sp of rice and little amount of water and make a smooth paste.
4. Once the pressure is eased transfer the boiled moong dal into vessel containing Jaggery syrup and boil, also add coconut paste from step 3 and bring it to boil.
5. Once Payasa boiled for few mins add cardamom powder and cashews and kishmish which are fried in ghee. you can also directly add 2-3 sp of ghee into the dish.Add cardamom powder just when you are about to turnoff the flame.Serve hot or cold