Cherupayar Parippu Payasam – ചെറുപയർ പരിപ്പ് പായസം
2014-08-08- Cuisine: Kerala, കേരളം
- Course: Dessert
- Skill Level: Beginner
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- Yield: 5 glass
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Ready In: 30m
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Traditional Kerala Payasam Recipe
Cherupayar Parippu Payasam / ചെറുപയർ പരിപ്പ് പായസം / Split Moong Dal Kheer is a traditional kerala dessert.
Cherupayar Parippu Payasam is a healthy dessert of Kerala. The main ingredients of Cherupayar Parippu Payasam are Cherupayar Parippu (yellow moong dal-lentil), Sharkara (jaggery) and Coconut milk.
Cherupayar parippu is fried lightly in ghee and cooked in coconut milk with jaggery (sharkara) and garnished with roasted coconut pieces, cashew-nuts & raisins.
Jaggery (sharkara) is used as the sweetener for this payasam, thus making it a healthy dessert!!
Onam is just around the corner, and OnaSadya is incomplete without payasam.
Do try this healthy payasam recipe for the Onam!!!
Ingredients
- Cherupayar Parippu - 200 gms
- Jaggery - 300 Gms
- Thick coconut milk - 2 Cup
- Thin coconut milk - 3 Cups
- Water - 2 1/2 Cup
- Cashew nuts - 10 nos
- Raisins - 10 nos
- Ghee - 2 tsp
- Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt - 1 Pinch
- Coconut Pieces - 1/4 cup
Method
Step 1
Melt the jaggery in 1/2 cup of water, filter it and keep it aside.
Step 2
Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a thick bottomed vessel, add the cherupayar parippu and stir until the paripu turns light brown.
Step 3
Add 2 cups of water and cook the paripu till it is soft.
Step 4
Add the melted jaggery to well cooked parippu and stir well.
Step 5
Add the thin coconut milk and when it starts boiling, add the thick coconut milk and stir well for 5 minutes.
Step 6
Add cardamom powder and salt. Stir well & remove from the gas.
Step 7
Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a pan and add the coconut pieces, cashew nuts, when the nuts turns golden brown, add the raisins and fry it and sprinkle them on top of the payasam.
Step 8
Delicious parippu payasam is ready. Enjoy!!!