Payathang Kanji - Paruppu thooththam

 This porridge   is very delicious , healthy , cool,  very light  food  during  the  vrat times, sick days , recovering times , as baby food ...We  like this very  much . I prepared this  many times for  my grand father( Father in Law's Father ) .He  wanted  light food only at the same healthy and delicious .For healthy version I use  Jaggery ,   for  baby food we  use pepper and jeera very little  to make  the porridge .Yesternight  I prepared this  for light  food in the night time for us .
No ghee / no oil  healthy  light food 

Ingredients:
   Moong dal  - 1 cup ( slightly   dry roasted  -- upto   warm .. till the aroma comes  not  brown level)
  Jaggery       -  1/2 cup -- to taste
  Water   - 1 1/2 cups 
 Salt -  a pinch
Cardomom powder  - a pinch 
Boiled  Milk   - 1/2  to 1  cup   for the consistancy

 Method :   Dry roast  dal ( till the  good aroma comes , not to golden yellow ), then wash and  add    1 1/2   cups of water   in a container .In  the pressure  cooker  take   1/2 cup ( according  to taste ) jaggery and pour some water and allow to  dissolve , then strain the jaggery water in the cooker(to remove the sand particles from the jaggery)  and  place the container which has moong dal  with lid . Now pressure  cook for  2 to 3  whistles  .Allow the pressure to settle down ,  remove the  cooked  dal  mash well  and , mix  well with the jaggery water  which boiled already in the bottom of the cooker and add the boiled  milk  to your required consistancy ,  keep it in the cooker for 5 min( no need to on the cooker ). Then add some cardomom powder . Yes now   delicious  payatham Kanji  / Paruppu Thooththam is  ready to consume and enjoy.