Parippu Payasam (ചെറുപയർ പരിപ്പ് പായസം )

Ingredients:

Moong Dhal (ചെറുപയർ പരിപ്പ്)     - 250 grams

Coconut Milk                                                - 4 cans

Chopped Coconut                                         - 2 table spoons.

Cashew Nuts                                                 - 25 grams

Jaggery (ശര്കര )                                       - 500 grams

Ghee                                                              - 2 table spoons 

Cardamom Powder                                        - 1 teaspoon

Sago (ചവ്വരി )                                           - 11/2 table spoons

Method:

Cook the Dhal (Parippu) in enough water and mash it after all the water evaporates. Dissolve jaggery by boiling in a little water and sieve to remove the impurities. Take the cooked Dhal, jaggery and 1 tablespoon of ghee in a shallow vessel and mix well. Boil till it thickens. Meanwhile cook the sago in water until it softens and to the mixture. Take 2 cans of coconut milk and mix with equal amount of water. Pour this diluted coconut milk into the mixture. Boil again for 15 minutes. Lower the fire and add the remaining 2 cans of coconut milk (concentrated).  Add cardamom and fried nuts and fried chopped coconuts. Stir well and remove from fire before it begins to bowl.