Green Gram Sweet Dish

INGREDIENTS
Green gram/Pachai payaru - ½ cup
Powdered Jaggery - 2 to 3 tbsp
Salt - a pinch
Coconut grated - 2 tbsp
Water - as required
Ghee - ½ tsp

Preparation
Soak the green gram in water overnight or at least 7 hours. After soaking, pressure cook it for 2 whistles in medium flame. Make sure the green gram don't become mushy. Open the cooker once pressure released by itself. Set aside.
Take jaggery powder in a sauce pan with water till it immersed level. Heat it until it dissolves completely.
Strain the jaggery water using a strainer to remove the impurities present in jaggery. Then start reheating the jaggery water in a pan with medium flame.
Heat the jaggery until bubbles start to appear and slightly thick. Now add the pressure cooked green gram along with ghee and mix slowly with jaggery. Mix it till becomes dry and all jaggery is absorbed.
Once the jaggery is absorbed well by the green gram, add grated coconut and give a quick stir. Fry it for 2 minutes and switch off the flame once done.
Disclaimer: If feeding to baby under 12 months, do not add sugar or honey. You may use date puree for sweetening.

For babies, above 12 months, we recommend do not add white sugar, you may use honey, jaggery or date puree for sweetening.

Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
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