Dates Payasam

Dates Payasam is a very simple and quick payasam. Here is the recipe try it out.


Ingredients 

• Dates 15 nos 
• Jaggery 1/2 cup dissolved in water 
• Coconut milk thin one 1/4 cup 
• Coconut milk thick one 1/4 cup 
• Chopped Cashew and Almonds 2 tbsp 
• Raisins 1 tbsp 
• Cardamom powder a small pinch 
• Ghee 2 tbsp 

Method

Soak dates in 1/2 cup warm water for 15 minutes, set aside. Heat ghee in a pan add chopped nuts and raisins and fry till crispy, set aside. 

Transfer the soaked dates to a mixer add little water used for soaking and grind to a semi fine paste.

In the same pan add the dates paste and sauté for a while and add thin coconut milk and let it boil for 3 - 5 minutes, keep in low flame. Then add dissolved jaggery and mix well and cook for 5 -7 minutes in low flame. Then add thick coconut and cardamom powder mix well and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the ghee roasted nuts and serve.