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Chana dal Payasam

Published: Feb 28, 2007 · Modified: Dec 9, 2019

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Chana dal Payasam is a traditional sweet made with chana dal, sago, milk and jaggery. Its a popular south indian payasam made during festivals.

chana dal and saago payasam, served in a silver cup with a spoon

Payasam is also called kheer in North india. In Andhra Pradesh,Chana dal payasam is called Senaga pappu payasam. In Tamilnadu its called Kadalai Paruppu payasam. Its a delicious, tasty and healthy dessert made during festivals and gatherings.

South India is popular for different varieties of payasam recipes. The base for the payasam is generally milk, jaggery/sugar, nuts and cardamom. The main ingredients can be either vermicelli, rava, moong dal, paneer. In today’s recipe the star ingredient is chana dal along with sago/saggubiyyam. 

Step by step pics on how to make chana dal payasam

cook chana dal in water and drain the excess water.

Cook the sago/ sabudan in two cups of water.

Grind the cashew and coconut with milk to a smooth paste.

Boil Jaggery in a cup of water.

Add the cooked sago to the jaggery mixture.

Cook the sago in the jaggery syrup for couple of minutes.

Add the coconut and cashew paste to the sago, jaggery mixture.

Add milk and cook the whole mixture for five minutes.

Add the cooked chana dal and simmer the payasam for ten minutes.

Finally add the ghee roasted cashew and cardamom powder. Give a final stir and turn off the heat.

Enjoy the tasty chana dal payasam warm.

chana dal payasam or senaga pappu payasam

Few Payasam recipes from the blog –

Moong dal Payasam

Chana dal & Rice Payasam

Vermicelli Payasam 

Paneer Kheer 

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chana dal and saago payasam, served in a silver cup with a spoon

Chana dal Sago Payasam

Chana dal Payasam is a traditional sweet made with chana dal, sago, milk and jaggery. Its a popular south indian payasam made during festivals.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 6
Author: Madhavi

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Chana dal / bengal gram(pachi chanaga pappu)
  • ½ cup Sago (sabudan, sabiyamu)
  • 1 cup jaggery
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cardamom crushed
  • 2 tbsps ghee clarified butter
  • handful of cashew and raisins

To grind –

  • 10 whole cashew
  • ½ cup grated fresh coconut
  • ½ cup milk

Instructions

  • In a mixer grind the cashew and coconut with half cup of milk and set a side.
  • Cook chana dal with 1.5 cups of water in the pressure cooker. Make sure the dal still holds its shape, so its very important not to over cook it. You can also cook the dal directly on the stove top.
  • In a vessel add the sago/sabudan with two cups of water. Cook till soft, mixing often. Drain the sago and set a side.
  • In a small pan add the ghee and fry the cashew and raisins till golden brown. Set a side.
  • Now in a heavy bottomed pan, add one cup of water and jaggery. Boil till the jaggery melts completely.  You can strain the jaggery syrup to remove any impurities.
  • Add the cashew-coconut paste and 3 cups of milk. Cook all these in medium heat for about ten minutes.
  • Now add the cooked chana dal  and boil the whole thing in low heat for another ten minutes.
  • Finally add the cardamom powder and fried cashew and raisins.
  • Serve the payasam warm. Its tastes good when it is cold too.

Notes

Please note that the payasam gets thicker after couple of hours, you can thin it out by adding some milk or water. 
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Comments

  1. Manju

    July 30, 2020 at 6:14 am

    5 stars
    The recipe card is missing instruction as to when sago is added. I could do from pictures sequence, but do check this as some save the recipe cards. Thanks

    Reply
  2. supriya

    January 12, 2013 at 8:08 am

    its really so delicious whn i hd mad ds receipe my inlaws realy enjyd a lot thnx fr sharing sch a lovly reciepe

    Reply
  3. Divya

    March 16, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    Thanks Madhavi for this delicious recipe.I had eaten only channa dal payasam but its tasty with sabudana.I did it for ugadi today.

    Reply
  4. Madhavi

    March 05, 2007 at 7:47 am

    Thanks swapna, sandhya, sushma and madhoori. Chana dal payasam is very common sweet in Andhra. Do try and let me know how it turns out.

    Madhavi.

    Reply
  5. madhoori

    March 02, 2007 at 10:45 am

    Hi madhavi,

    I like sweets a lot.Payasam looks yummy. Using chana is new to me.I will try this and let u know.Thanks for sharing..

    Reply
  6. Sushma

    March 02, 2007 at 1:31 am

    Hello Madhavi,

    I knew only one kind of payasum from semolina..good you made me add one more in my list to try….

    I agree with Asha you have a really sweet toooth…….after all those sweets from India you are cooking sweeeeeets 🙂

    Reply
  7. swapna

    March 01, 2007 at 7:52 pm

    wow madhavi
    very new to me..looks delicious!!!

    Reply
  8. Sandhya

    March 01, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    Madhoo,
    This recipe looks very good. I will try this soon. Tasty Yummy!!!

    Reply
  9. asha

    March 01, 2007 at 10:07 am

    Delicious Madhavi. After all that goodies for India,you are still craving for sweets.You..you..you..!!:D

    Hope you get the recipe for Kodubales from MIL and post it,I am dying!!!!!!

    Reply

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