Payasam
Pongal is on 14th January. This festival is considered the festival of new crops. Sugarcane, jaggery, milk, rice and pulses are given special importance in this festival. In this festival, people decorate their houses with flower rangoli and wear traditional silk clothes. In this festival, domestic animals are also worshiped in a special way and offered to them. Apart from all this, a special recipe is made on this festival which is called Payasam. Let us know how to make it?
Ingredients to make Payasam:
150 grams yellow moong dal, 150 grams sago, 100 grams jaggery, 250 grams coconut milk, dry fruits, ghee
Method to make Payasam:
Step 1: First of all, soak yellow moong dal and sago separately for 2 to 3 hours. After the stipulated time, turn on the gas and keep the moong dal to cook. Prepare jaggery syrup. Before making jaggery syrup, wash it thoroughly so that if there is soil on it, it gets removed. For syrup, add 100 grams of jaggery in the pan. When the jaggery starts melting slightly, add 2 cups of water to it. Stir it well. When the syrup becomes a little thick and bubbles start appearing in it, then turn off the gas.
Second step: When the lentils are cooked well, then add jaggery syrup to it. Keep stirring it with a ladle for 10 minutes. So that the lentils mix well in the syrup. After 5 minutes add soaked sago in it.
Step 3: Coconut milk is the most important ingredient in making payasam tasty. When all the ingredients are mixed well, add 250 grams of coconut milk in it. After adding coconut milk, keep stirring for some time.
Fourth Step: Now add ghee in a pan and roast the coconut cut into pieces well. After coconut, you should also roast dry fruits like cashews, almonds and raisins. When they become light golden then add them to payasam. Garnish with saffron and pistachios. Payasam is now ready for Pongal festival.
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