Dessert made of lentils! Yum!

I meant to post this before, I discovered a dessert 'daal'... and it tasted fantastic, as well as being nourishing and high calorie!

1 cup dried red lentils, soaked for 1 hour and drained

1 cup coconut milk

2 tbs coconut cream

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1-2tbs rose water (optional)

vanilla extract

Toppings you could try: cashews, sultanas and dried apricots, or figs, chopped, toasted coconut

Very simply, place the lentils and coconut ingredients, plus the sugar and enough water so that the lentils are covered (you can always add more as it cooks) then bring the a boil and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding water if it dries out. Add the flavourings and stir well then serve. You can add more sugar if you like more sweetness, and try your favorite toppings!

Tis yumm!!!

shall have to try this thanks x

If I remember correctly daal is an Indian name for lentil, and not the dish. I really like the Masala Daal. :)

UD

The red lentils are such a pretty color, perfect for a dessert.  I've had Japanese bean based sweets, but this is the first I've seen that can be made at home.

It would be even better with a little cardamom mixed in right at the end after it finishes cooking, and maybe some chopped nuts and raisins.

UD, its called 'kheer' or 'payasam' depending on what part of India you are from.

Original Post by lsami:
UD, its called 'kheer' or 'payasam' depending on what part of India you are from.

I thought that was made with rice not lentil.

UD

Kheer can be made with rice, lentils, semolina, broken wheat, tapioca, and many other things.

Dal refers both to the raw lentil and to the staple savory lentil dish that people eat across the subcontinent.

Thus you could ask someone what kind of kheer/ sweet dish they are making in North India and it would be perfectly acceptable if they replied 'mung dal ka kheer' (Kheer made of mung beans) or simply 'dal ka kheer'. In Tamil Nadu in South India we refer to the dessert as 'paruppu payasam' or literally 'lentil payasam'.

At the same time, 'dal' or 'paruppu' also refers to the savory dish that most people cook  as a daily staple with spices and/or onions and/or tomatoes, and eat with rotis or rice.

I see. Thanks. I like to cook Indian food, although mine ends up some kind of weird mix of different cuisines, like today's oat, peas & mushroom curry burrito with tvorog (russian farmers cheese).