Dates Payasam 

Ingredients

Dates - 15
Boiled Milk - 2 and 1/2 cups
Coconut milk - 1/4 cup
Chopped dates - 1 tbsp
Chopped cashew and badam - 1 tbsp 
Cardamom powder - a small pinch
Ghee - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Soak dates in 1/2 cup warm milk for 15mins,Set aside. Meanwhile chop the nuts and dates.Heat ghee in a pan - add nuts and dates and fry till crispy.Set aside.
2. Transfer soaked dates to a mixer, add little milk used for soaking and grind it to a semi fine paste.Boil milk and let it cook in sim for 5mins, then add dates paste.
3. Give a quick mix and keep in low flame and cook for 5-7 mins till it becomes slightly thick,Then add ghee roasted dates and nuts mixture, cardamom powder, coconut milk and give a quick stir. Switch off.

I reserved few ghee roasted nuts dates mixture to sprinkled while eating....It tasted yum! Serve chilled / warm!