Name: Moong Daal Payesh/Kheer recipe by manasa Deevi at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Moong dal half cup; sugar- 3/4 cup; Milk -1/2 litre; Nutmeg powder; Elaichi powder; Saffron soaked in warm milk; Soaked and chopped badam and pista; Ghee 1 tbsp; Cashews and chironji seeds; Rose Water (Optional) 1 Tsp

ABOUT Moong Daal Payesh/Kheer RECIPE

It is a traditional daal payesh/kheer, with a melt in mouth consistency and a beautiful aroma of moong. This is a nutritional dessert

Ingredients Serving: 4

Moong dal half cup
sugar- 3/4 cup
Milk -1/2 litre
Nutmeg powder
Elaichi powder
Saffron soaked in warm milk
Soaked and chopped badam and pista
Ghee 1 tbsp
Cashews and chironji seeds
Rose Water (Optional) 1 Tsp

Instructions

Wash half cup moong dal and pressure cook it adding half cup water ,upto 3 whistles.
Mash the cooked daal soft into a paste.
Add 3\4 cup of sugar .
Mix it well and boil it. Meanwhile stir the mixture in between otherwise the daal may get burnt at the bottom.Until it gets reduced to 3\4 .
By now the rawness of daal goes and both daal and milk gets blended well.
Add saffron and stir well.
Add a pinch of nutmeg powder and elaichi powder.
Add chopped badam/ almonds and pista to the kheer
Now in a kadai add 1 tbsp of ghee and add the cashew nuts and chironji seeds and fry them.
Add a little rose water
Serve hot or cold .

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