Ingredients
1/2 cup Chana Dal
1/3 cup brown sugar/jaggery
1-2 cloves
1 tbsp cinnamon/nutmeg
1 tbsp cardamom powder
1/2 tsp Khus Khus/Poppy seeds
4 tbsp ghee or clarified butter
1/8 cup coconut/coconut milk
1 tsp cashewnuts
1 tsp raisins
1. Fry the Chana Dal in 1-2 tbsp of ghee and once its brown and the aroma wafts through your kitchen, pressure cook it.
2. Melt jaggery/brown sugar with some water to make a syrup.
3. Add the spices - cardamom, cloves, cinnamon or nutmeg to the jaggery/brown sugar syrup.
4. Meanwhile, dry roast the coconut and poppy seeds or, alternately you may fry them in ghee. I preferred to dry roast it. Once its done, add this mixture to the syrup.
5. Let cook for a minute or two and then add Chana Dal. Mash it a little before adding it. It should not be totally mushy, but at the same time, it should not be whole Chana Dal.
6. Let this mixture simmer for a good 15-20 minutes, until the consistency is such that it becomes gooey, and the Dal has 'almost' absorbed all the liquid. The mixture will also turn a dark brown.
7. On the side, fry some cashewnuts and raisins in 1 tbsp of ghee and add this to the Hayagreeva just before taking it off the gas.
8. Just before taking the Hayagreeva off the gas, add the rest of the ghee - around 1 tbsp is remaining and mix well. Serve hot.
The original recipe calls for 1/2 cup of ghee. I reduced this and it still tasted pretty good. This is a fairly simple dish to make. Temples in Karnataka serve this gooey and almost liquidy and with a lot more ghee than even the original recipe asks for!
I'm sending Hayagreeva to MLLA-10, a brainchild of Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook, and hosted this time around by Courtney of Coco Cooks. This also goes out to Srivalli's Mithai Mela. Congrats on the remarkable achievement, Srivalli! :) You have every right to binge on every Mithai that comes your way!
45 comments:
Slurp! look at that dark color, so delicious. I have never made this at home but seen in many blogs including your's now. Must try once.
I am so fed up with deep frying now too, just fried one dessert today. Kids are home for Spring break, they keep asking me for desserts!:D
Hopefully, I won't fry again for at least for few weeks. Have a great wonderful weekend, hugs!:)
Delicious and something new for me N. For all festivals we make the same sambar, vada, payasam, as we keep the tradi way, get a fear of skipping and say that I am lazy! Glad to know u like the paniyaram and enjoyed it! Have a great weekend!
yummy :)
and this reminds me of chakkara pongal... that is also served with wayyyy more ghee than is necessary!
its looking great,i've heard abt this , but never tried or tasted.tempting to try!!
Hi A&N, I have shared an award with you in my blog.. Pls accept it :)
Btw, dessert looks so delicious!! :)
mmm..this looks like a chana dal katti payasam - thick payasam :D. Love it, very delicious!!
sounds super delicious.. would love to try.
Argh!!!!! You know about hayagreeva too? You are more kannadiga than I thought!!!
amm...I am not very fond of this sweet tho'!
But I am so happy to just see its name on your blog- brings back so many good memories sniff..sniff..WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I want my mummy!!!!
Looks great, cinnamon and nutmeg are real twist here, right. Yummy.
yummy sweet...looks great
Looks great and completely new to me...want to try it.
I used Gold medal all purpose flour (unbleached) for the parathas.
chalo yor frnd is finally of some use!
oh..wow..I loved the first pic..am new to this dish..but I can see that its total yum..:)
I love the nutty taste and texture of channa dhal.. looks great. Hayagreeva, i thought was a God's name - now i know it's a sweet dish too.
I've never eaten dal in that way! An interesting dessert! Surely delicious...
cheers,
Rosa
This name Hayagreeva sounds familiar to me! But not sure where I heard it! Looks so delicious just like chakra pongal!
Cashews, brown sugar and coconut - sounds devine!!
Thank youi for rising to this challenge with a great dessert!
This is very nice... I must try it. Am sure S would love it too.
Happy New Year, good children :)
This is somting totally new to me, but it looks delicious..
New to me. Looks wonderful and delcious.
I prepare this dish very often, it is our family favorite.., your pictures are reminding me to prepare them again :)
lovely click..
I find the name fascinating! Don't think I've ever had this, though!
Delicious and name is something new for me.. Looks nice..
Looks delicious. I have seen it in other blogs too and wanted to try it. Am bookmarking yours. When it comes to festivals, i aways tend to stick the traditional fare.
Looks great! So.. are they chick peas? I am not up on all my international terms!
We love this at home, reminds me that I don't make this often though. Looks delish!
Mmm, looks delicious. What a perfect celebratory meal.
Looks delicious dear,even we make this..Sometime back i have also posted this in my blog
happy new year!! We make a similar payasam but much looser in consistency.
this looks...so...freaking delicious. I seriously have not even begun a single FOOT into indian cuisine! so many delicious foods I've never even heard of!
how do you eat this? just plain or with naan?
That Looks very very delicious.I have never even heard of this before.I has all good things in it:-D. pass on some to me.. can u mail it?
I have heard of this, but never had this. This looks so yummy.Sounds similar to pooranam that we stuff into modakams.
OH yum, this is making my mouth water... you guys cook up some unusual dishes here!
Oh! This looks decadent.
Was it the weekend when it was happy?
Hayagreeva looks great! When I was a kid, this was the only form I'd have chana dal in! :)
Looks delicious! Never heard of this before.. Gotta try this!
What I love about your site is that I so often see things I've never heard of and ingredients I'm ignorant of. This looks and sounds great!
Thank you, everyone!
Soma: Address? :) This is over though ;)
Priya: thanks man! Will pick it up
really a new different recipe...yummy
Never heard this name before, though the "payasam" looks delicious.
The only Hayagreeva I know is a slik saree shop in Chennai! :)
This really sounds good, I'm adding it to my long list of bookmarks!
Awesome ya!! I cant wait to eat this...Sadly I used to hate this sweet when I was at home. Only realised what I was missing when I left home :(
& max, I am always useful!!!
Thanks for the lovely entry!..looks so inviting..
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