ChaNe Daali Rave Payasu

This is a dessert, more appropriately prepared on auspicious occations like religious ceremonies, weddings. ChaNe Daali is shelled chickpea and rava is coarsely powdered wheat. Both these healthy ingreadients are mixed with some tasty ingredients like jaggery and coconut milk to prepare this yummy dessert.

Ingredients :

1 cup Bombay rava

1/2 cup ChaNe Dalli (Shelled chickpeas)

1 cup brown sugar (in place of jaggery)

1.5 cups coconut milk

1 tsp ghee (clarified butter)

raisins, cashew nuts

Method :

Soak shelled chickpeas in one cup of water for an hour. Cook them separately.

Heat ghee in a shallow pan and roast the rava, raisins and cashew nuts till you get a nice aroma. Do not allow the rava to turn brown. Keep aside.

Boil 2 cups of water in a deep sauce pan. When the water is boiling reduce the heat and add the roasted rava. Stir vigorously to avoid lump formations. When the rava is mixed well with water and becomes like smooth paste allow it to cook for 2 minutes, but keep stirring. Add boiled chick peas, sugar and coconut milk give another vigorous stir to mix all the ingredients well. Simmer it for another mins then remove from heat.

The consistency of this dessert should be like a thick batter. If anytime you feel the payasa consistency is too thick add more water or coconut milk to make it like a thick batter.

Usually served hot. To give it a twist you can serve it a bit cold (not chilled) :)