Chana dal paysam

1 cup Split Bengal Gram (Chana Dal), 2 cup coconut milk (grind coconut to smooth paste and sqeez using a cheese cloth), 4 tblsp Ghee, 1 cup Jaggery, 5 crushed Cardamoms, 2 tblsp chopped khopra, golden raisens 2 tbsp, 5-8 Cashewnut

• Wash and soak the gram.
• Melt a part of the ghee in a pan , add the coconut pieces and fry till golden brown over a medium flame, remove and keep aside.In the same ghee add the cashew nuts and over a low flame fry till golden brown and keep aside.
• Extract coconut milk by grinding the grated coconut in about half a cup of water and then pass the mixture through a strainer.Boil the gram in a sauteuse with just sufficient water to cook the gram.
• When the gram is cooked add the jaggery and the coconut milk.
• Cook till the mixture is thick stirring once in a while so that it does not get burnt.(make sure the mixture does not become very thick, it should be of pouring consistency).
• Add the remaining ghee and the cardamoms, mix thoroughly.
• Serve garnished with the fried coconut pieces and the cashew nuts.

Goddi (konkani)