Chana dal Payasam Recipe | Kadala Paruppu Payasam | Chana dal Kheer

Chana dal Payasam Recipe | Kadala Paruppu Payasam | Chana dal Kheer recipe with step-by-step pictures and instructions. Chana dal payasam is a creamy and delicious kheer made with chana dal, coconut, jaggery, ghee, and nuts. It is one of the most commonly made kheer during festivals, occasions, and for guests. 

There are a lot of variations of making chana dal payasam using coconut milk or milk. This is my mom's way of making where we grind coconut along with little rice and use it. I love to get bites of chana dal when drinking so will mash the dal roughly only. You can also add some fried pieces of coconut in ghee for extra crunch. 

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Chana dal Payasam Recipe | Kadala Paruppu Payasam | Chana dal Kheer

Narmadha

Chana dal payasam is a creamy and delicious kheer made with chana dal, coconut, jaggery, ghee, and nuts.  

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Servings 0

Ingredients

  

• Chana dal ½ cup
• Raw rice 2 tbsp
• Grated coconut ¼ cup
• Jaggery 1 cup
• Ghee 2 tbsp
• Cashews 12-15
• Cardamom powder 1 tsp
• Dry ginger powder ½ tsp
• Salt a pinch

Instructions

 

• Soak the raw rice for 30 minutes.
• Wash and take chana dal in a pressure cooker.
• Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. Once the pressure is released open the cooker.
• Mash the dal roughly.
• Take soaked rice in a mixer
• Grind it and add grated coconut.
• Add little water and grind to a smooth paste
• Take the ground rice coconut mixture in a pan and allow it to cook.
• Keep stirring till it is completely cooked. The mixture will become thick
• Add the cooked dal to it and mix
• Then add the grated jaggery to it and mix till it is completely melted.
• Add a pinch of salt, cardamom powder, and dry ginger powder to it.
• Fry the cashews in ghee till golden.
• Add the roasted cashews along with ghee to the payasam and mix.
• Delicious chana dal payasam is ready.

Notes

Adjust the jaggery according to your preference.

You can use moong dal instead of chana dal.

You can fry coconut pieces in ghee and add it too

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How to make Chana dal payasam with step by step pictures

Soak the raw rice for 30 minutes.

Wash and take chana dal in a pressure cooker.

Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. Once the pressure is released open the cooker.

Mash the dal roughly.

Take soaked rice in a mixer

Grind it and add grated coconut.

Add little water and grind to a smooth paste

Take the ground rice coconut mixture in a pan and allow it to cook.

Keep stirring till it is completely cooked. The mixture will become thick

Add the cooked dal to it and mix

Then add the grated jaggery to it and mix till it is completely melted.

Add a pinch of salt, cardamom powder, and dry ginger powder to it.

Fry the cashews in ghee till golden.

Add the roasted cashews along with ghee to the payasam and mix.

Delicious chana dal kheer is ready.

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