Channa dal Payasam

Today marks an auspicious day for all tamil speaking people , Yes, It's TAMIL NEW YEAR .. I wish all my friends , a happy and a prosperous new year..

Beside my wish, lies a great effort in posting today's entry. My laptop was stopped working last day all a sudden . But it was working fine and I's fine surfing till late night the other day. I tried everything to my knowledge and gt hold of my bro from India over the phone to get some extra help. But, nothing worked out as my bro cannot troubleshoot anything from there without taking a look at the source. I's so naive , wanted to put an end to this misery . Poor Shanu ... ( Yep, I say  myself .. ) Finally, my dear H came to found the problem . I am told that hard disk had gone... phew ..
 
But my dear H , bought the hard disk immediately and to my convenience , installed the Linux OS till we receive our recovery cd's. U know what , ..it's very tough for me to use this OS, as i'm not aware of anything abt LINUX.. Seriously, breaking my head here guys, am just relying on google for everything ... Hope I receive my cd's soon... That would be lovely..

Today I made masala vada and channa dal kheer for new year celebration. Both tasted so great and we ( I -- My H doesn't like channa kheer ) thoroughly   njoyed !!!
 Ingredients :
Soak the channa dal and javvarisi seperately  for  minimum 30 minutes and cook together with water / milk for 2 whistles or cook in stove top. Mash the dal little bit with the back of the spoon.Heat a pan with the ghee and fry the cashews , saara paruppu , raisins to light golden brown and keep aside .Add the jaggery powder and little bit of water and dissolve completely and filter the syrup.Pour the syrup back to the kadai and add the mashed dal mixture . Let the payasam comes to a boil  for 2 minutes and finally add the fried nuts mixture and switch off and ur neivedyam is ready to offer GOD.
Happy eating guys ,

Shanavi