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  • Moongdal payasam, mangalore style

    Moongdal payasam, mangalore style

    Moongdal payasam is a tasty sweet which has a cooling effect on the body. Thus, with summer at its peak, you can enjoy this delicacy. Moreover, with Ugadi round the corner, it may be in the wish list.

    Each  state have adapted their own method of cooking. The North  Karnataka  recipe I had written long time back. You can check it here.Today, I am presenting to you Mangalorean style or Udupi style ( South Canara) style of this payasam.

    Coconut milk is used here. I have grinded cashews with a little coconut and mixed it.  Thus it is both vegan and gluten free food.

    With Ugadi approaching, I am planning to write a few good posts and finally make a collection of recipes too from bloggers for you. Please do keep watching this space.

    moongdal payasa
    moongdal payasa

     

    Moongdal payasam, mangalore style
    Recipe Type: Sweets
    Cuisine: Udupi
    Author: Jayashree
    Cook time:
    Total time:
    Serves: 4
    A tasty and cool dish to beat the heat
    Ingredients
    • Moongdal 1cup
    • ghee 2tsp
    • coconut milk 2 cup
    • jaggery 1cup
    • grated coconut 1tbsp
    • cashew 6
    • cardamom 4
    Instructions
    1. Wash the moongdal and keep it aside. Take a thick bottom pan,add the ghee and roast the moong dal. Add water and cook it. Alternately, you can put it in the pressure cooker at this stage.
    2. But, this does not require much time, so I prefer to cook by the direct method. Once it is cooked, add the coconut milk and stir well. Add the jaggery. Grind the coconut with cashew and cardamom. Add this to it. Boil for a minute. Remove from fire. Moongdal payasam is ready
    Notes
    You can avoid adding the extra coconut. Cashews can be garnished over also.

     

    moongdal payasa
    moongdal payasa

    Ingredients :

    Moongdal 1cup
    ghee 2tsp
    coconut milk 2 cup
    jaggery 1cup
    grated coconut 1tbsp
    cashew 6
    cardamom 4

    Method :

    Wash the moongdal and keep it aside. Take a thick bottom pan,add the ghee and roast the moong dal. Add water and cook it. Alternately, you can put it in the pressure cooker at this stage.
    But, this does not require much time, so I prefer to cook by the direct method. Once it is cooked, add the coconut milk and stir well. Add the jaggery. Grind the coconut with cashew and cardamom. Add this to it. Boil for a minute. Remove from fire. Moongdal payasam is ready.

     

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  • Sweet potato kheer

    Sweet potato kheer

    Sweet Potato Kheer is a tasty sweet dish from South Canara cuisine.

    Since the beginning of the new year, I have been on a sweet spree here ! My third sweet dish in a row Sweet potato kheer! I recently made this kheer and it was too good, so I decided to share with you all.  Sweet potato is again another healthy food . It is rich source of Vitamin A. It also contains Vitamin B, Vitamin C along with other minerals as calcium, magnesium, iron and phosphorous.

    Some facts of sweet potato :

    Sweet potato is neither a potato nor a yam . It is totally different from both of these.

    Sweet potato is a dicotyledon plant and belongs to the family of Convolvulaceae.

    It is regarded as one of the worlds healthiest food.

    Steaming is the best way to consume this veggie, though it can be boiled or roasted.

    It grows well in the tropical region, thus it is found in abundance in Africa, Asia and America.

    This post is part of the Culinary Hoppers Blog hop with the theme “Udupi Cuisine”

    Udupi cuisine is part of the Karnataka cuisine. Udupi is a small district  with a religious background. Thus, this cuisine was formed primarily by the Asthamathas of Udupi.  It is a satvic food which makes use of rice, greens and pulses.Coconut is one of the essential ingredients of their cooking. Vegetables as pumpkin, bitter gourd, cucumber, jackfruit  and plantain are primarily used.

    Now, their cuisine consists of sambar made with fresh spices and coconut, rasam, chutney,gojju, variety of  payasams, pickles, and tasty stir fry. It is worthy to mention here that masala dosa is from this place. A wide variety of dosas and idlis are made for breakfast.

    A few other sweet recipes worth taking a look   Basundi, Appi Payasa

    Now, for today’s recipe, do check it

    sweet potato kheer
    sweet potato kheer

     

    Sweet potato kheer
    Recipe Type: Sweet
    Cuisine: Udupi
    Author: Jayashree
    Prep time:
    Cook time:
    Total time:
    Serves: 4
    A tmelt in the mouth, sweet dish made with sweet potato in coconut milk and jaggery.
    Ingredients
    • Sweet potato 250grams
    • jaggery 150 grams
    • ghee 2tsp
    • coconut 1/2 200gms
    • cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
    • cashewnuts
    Instructions
    1. Steam the sweet potatoe in pressure cooker.
    2. Peel the skin and mash it.
    3. Put the grated coconut in hot water for fifteen minutes
    4. Grind it to a fine paste. Pass it through a sieve. This is the coconut milk.
    5. Repeat the procedure once again. Keep it aside.
    6. Take ghee in a pan, roast the cashews slightly. Take care not to burn them.Remove the cashews and set aside.
    7. Add the sweet potato and saute it for two minutes in the same pan.
    8. Add the coconut milk and jaggery and stir. Once it boils, remove from flame and keep aside.
    9. Finally,add cardamom powder and garnish with dry fruits.

     

    sweet potato
    sweet potato
    coconut milk extraction
    coconut milk extraction
    sweet potato kheer
    sweet potato kheer

     

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