Cheru Payaru Payasam

Cherupayar parippu   - ½ cup

Rice                          -½ cup

Jaggery (Sarkara)     -1

Coconut                     -1

Raisins                      -10g 

Cashew Nuts            -10g 

Ghee                         -3tbs 

Cardamom               -5g 

Dry ginger powder  (Chukku)         -10g 

Cumin Powder (Jeera powder)      -10g 

Method:

Grate the coconut. Add ½ glass warm water to the grated coconut. Extract the first milk. Extract the second milk by adding 1½ glass warm water. Again repeat the process to extract the third milk.

Take a pan. Fry Cherupayar parippu until it turns brown.

Wash and clean the rice.

Cook both rice and Cherupayar parippu in pressure cooker with 1½ glass of third milk and 1½ glass of  water  .

Heat jaggery with some water and make a thick solution.

Add the second milk to it and stir for some time.

Then add the cooked rice and parippu into it.

Simmer on medium flame till thick.

Add powdered cardamom, ginger and cumin. Add first milk to this.

Fry the cashew nuts and raisins in ghee and add this.Mix well and remove from fire.