Payasam (sweet)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup kadalai paruppu

1/2 cup vermicelli

1 cup sugar

1 tbsp raisins(dry grapes)

1/2 cup cashews

1/4 tsp cardamon powder

1/4 tsp dried ginger powder

1 tsp ghee

1 cup milk

1/2 cup sagu

Method:

1) Wash 'kadalai paruppu' in water and cook until soft.

2) Heat ghee and fry raisins and cashews for sometime. Keep aside.
3) Heat ghee and fry vermicelli till a nice aroma comes out. Keep aside.
4) Now inside the paruppu add milk, sagu, vermicelli and cook till vermicelli cooked well
(You can cook them in water instead of milk, but milk gives a nice flavor).

5) Add sugar, cashew nuts and cook till sugar is diluted. Add in the cardamon and dried ginger

powder. mix well. Take out from heat.

Source By : Kamalam Attai