Kadle Bele Payasa

Ingredients:
1 cup Bengal Gram seeds / Kadle Bele / Chana Dal
1 tsp Rice flour / Ground Rice batter
2 cups Jaggary / Bella
1 cup broken Cashew Nuts / Geru Beeja
3 - 3.5 cups fresh thick Coconut Milk
4 - 5 Cardamoms / Elakki / Elachi

Recipe:
Wash bengal gram seeds in water for about 2-3 times add it to a pressure cooker. Add the broken cashew nuts,  around 3 cups of thin coconut milk or water and pressure cook.(4-5 whistles in cooker.)

Grind fresh/frozen grated coconut into smooth paste by adding little amount of water.(If it is frozen coconut, use warm water while grinding.) Squeeze the ground coconut, by placing it in a clean cotton cloth.

After this process, add around 6-7 cups of water to the squeezed coconut, mix well and squeeze it again and prepare the thin coconut milk.
Once the pressure goes off, add the jaggary, around 2-3 cups of thin coconut milk and bring it to boil. Keep the payasa in low flame until all the jaggary melt. Add 1 tsp rice batter and 1/2 cup of thin coconut milk in a bowl and mix well. Add this to payasa and bring it to boil. Keep the payasa in low flame for about 2 mins.

Add thick coconut milk and bring it to boil. Add mashed cardamom seeds and keep the payasa in low flame for about 1-2 mins.

Serve hot or cold. The above mentioned ingredients will serve 8-10 cups of Payasa.

Peas Pulav

Ingredients:

1 cup White Rice(Basmathi or Sona Masuri)

2-3 flakes of Cauliflower / Gobi

1 cup Green Peas

2-3 flakes Gralic

1 medium sized Onion

6-7 Coriander leaves

2 medium sized Cinnamons / Chekke / Dalchini

2 Cloves / Lavanga

1 Cardamoms / Elakki / Elachi

1 Bay leaves / Patre / Dalchini ele

2 Black Peppers / Karimenasu

1/2 - 3/4 tsp MTR Pulav Mix

1 Anise seed(Star shaped flower)

1 Green Chilly

3-4 tsp Ghee/Oil

2 cups Water

Salt to taste

Recipe:

Chop coriander leaves and cauliflower into small pieces. Chop onion into medium sized thin pieces. Cut the green chilly into 2 pieces.

Wash rice in water for about 2-3 times, drain the water and keep it aside.

Take 1 cup of frozen green peas and keep it aside.

Remove the outer cover of garlic, smash it and add to a pressure cooker. Add 3-4 tsp ghee/oil, cinnamons, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, black peppers, anise seed, 1/2 tsp MTR pulav mix and fry them for about 3-4 mins. Add chopped onion, green chilly and fry them for about 2-3 mins. Add washed white rice and fry them for about 1-2 mins in medium flame. Add chopped cauliflower, chopped coriander leaves, green peas and fry them for about 1 min. Add 2 cups of water, salt, mix them well and cook.(3 whistle in pressure cooker.)

It goes well with any kind of Raithas/Mosaru gojju. Above mentioned ingredients will serve 2-3 plates of Peas pulav.