Parippu Prathaman

Ingredients

Cherupayar Parippu - 200 gms
Jaggery - 300 Gms
Thick coconut milk - 2 Cup
Thin coconut milk - 3 Cups
Water - 2 1/2 Cup
Cashew nuts - 10 nos
Raisins - 10 nos
Ghee - 2 tsp
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1 Pinch
Coconut Pieces - 1/4 cup

Method

Step 1

Melt the jaggery in 1/2 cup of water, filter it and keep it aside.

Step 2

Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a thick bottomed vessel, add the cherupayar parippu and stir until the paripu turns light brown.

Step 3

Add 2 cups of water and cook the paripu till it is soft.

Step 4

Add the melted jaggery to well cooked parippu and stir well.

Step 5

Add the thin coconut milk and when it starts boiling, add the thick coconut milk and stir well for 5 minutes.

Step 6

Add cardamom powder and salt. Stir well & remove from the gas.

Step 7

Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a pan and add the coconut pieces, cashew nuts, when the nuts turns golden brown, add the raisins and fry it and sprinkle them on top of the payasam.

Step 8

Delicious parippu payasam is ready. Enjoy!!!