Payasam - Bengal Gram Dal

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup bengal gram dal
2. 2 cups jaggery powdered
3. a few pods cardamom, powdered
4. 1/2 cup ghee
5. 2-3 cups milk
6. A few cashew nuts and raisins

Procedure:

1. Soak the bengal gram for an hour. Cook in cooker.
2. Keep a kadai on the fire, add half a cup of water, add jaggery, mix thoroughly until it melts.
3. To this add the cooked bengal gram dal, ghee, cardamom powder.
4. Mix well, add a quarter-half cup water, continue to cook, stirring all the while.
5. Add the milk, stir, and take off fire.
6. Fry raisins and cashew in a little ghee and add to the payasam.

Tips:

1. Serve hot