Pesarapappu Payasam

Ingredients:
Pesarapappu - 1/2 cup
Milk - 2 cups
Jaggery - 3/4 cup
cashews, raisins - a handful
3 tbsp ghee
3 cardamom - make into powder

Preparation:
In a bowl add pesarapappu and a cup of water and cook till the dal turns soft and mushy (In microwave it usually takes 12 min)
In a pan, add 2 tbsp of ghee and when it is hot, fry the raisins and cashews till they are golden brown and keep aside
In another bowl, add jaggery and a cup of water and heat till just one boil and keep aside
Boil milk in a deep vessel till it turns a little thick. To this add pesarapappu and mix well..Now add the jaggery water to the pan slowly and keep stirring while doing so and let it boil for 10 min
Garnish with cardamom powder, raisins and remaining ghee

This payasam is very very very very very very tasty :-)