Vermicelli Payasam

Every south indian meal kicks off with a payasam. Any kind of celebration a payasam is always present apart from other sweets and savories. There are so many payasams we prepare and still can keep on inventing new ones!!!! This is a very simple payasam, made using minimal ingredients.

Chakka Pradhaman

We got this pack full of cleaned jackfruit, and wondering what to do. They werent much sweet as we would have expected them to be, and this idea dawned on me to prepare this yummy payasam for neivedhyam. Its traditionally a kerala speciality!!!

Pal Kozhukattai Payasam

I couldnt make the usual kozhukkatai's we make for ganesh chathurthi this year. So my MIL told you just make the pal kozhukattai payasam for neivedhyam. These are rice dumplings in milk and very simple to make.

Ingredients
Rice Flour - 1 cup
Raw rice - 1 tsp
Coconut - 3 tsp
Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Milk - 2 glasses
Gingelly Oil - 2 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Water for the dough

Method
Mix the rice flour and salt and gingelly oil. Heat water, and add the flour to it. Keep stirring so that no lumps are formed. Switch off heat when the flour is knead to a dough and comes off without sticking to the sides of the pan.
Close with a lid and let it rest for 5 minutes. The color of the dough would have changed from white to off white.
Add some gingelly oil and knead the dough with hand till its soft and smooth. Make small balls of the dough and keep it aside.
Grate jaggery and make a syrup with boiling water and remove the impurities. Keep it aside.
Grind the raw rice and grated coconut together into a paste.
Heat water and add the small rice balls to it and allow to boil. When you can see it shining on all sides, add the jaggery syrup, milk, cardamom powder and the paste and allow to boil.
Once a thick consistency is reached switch off heat and serve cold.

Im sending this recipe to Show and Tell's FSF Janmashtami and Ganesh Chathurthi and Sonia's Festival Series FoodDelicious Event


Bon Appetit!!
Rudra

Parupu (Dal) Payasam

Today being Aadi Velli (Friday of Aadi month) we prepared Parupu Payasam, my favorite. All the friday's of the month of Aadi are considered auspicious and people invite married woman and offer them with fancy items for their shringar.

Ingredients
Moong Dal - 1/2 cup
Channa Dal - 1 tbsp
Jaggery - 1 cup grated
Milk - 1 cup

Method
Clean and pressure cook moong dal and channa dal nicely till they are soft and mashed.
Boil water in a vessel and dissolve the jaggery in it. Filter stones and dirt if any.
Now mix the jaggery and the cooked dal and allow to boil.
Once a consistency is reached, garnish with elaichi, cashew nuts and kishmis(dried grapes)
Add milk and serve hot or cold.

Bon Appetit!!
Rudra

Carrot Kheer

Carrots are so healthy and it was my hubby's star birthday and I thought carrot kheer might be to his liking.

Ingredients
Carrots - 3 medium sized
Milk - 1/2 litre
Sugar - 1 cup
Almonds - 2/3
Saffron - a couple of strands


Method
Boil and mash carrots into a fine paste.
Add water in a kadai and cook the carrots till raw smell is gone.
Add sugar and stir well. Once the sugar is dissolved add milk, cardamom powder and saffron.
Refrigerate and serve cold.


Bon Appetit!!
Rudra

Pal (Milk) Payasam

Milk Payasam is my all time favorite dessert dish. So we prepared this yesterday. 

Ingredients

Milk - 1 glass

Raw Rice - 3 tbsp (grind it coarsely)

Milkmaid/ Mithaimate - 1 tin ( We prefer milkmaid)

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Method

In a kadai, fry sugar till brown and add rice and water and allow it till rice is cooked/soft.

Add Milkmaid ans stir continuously for 5 minutes.

Add milk and cardamom powder and allow it to boil for 5 more minutes.

Garnish with cashewnuts and serve hot or cold.


Bon Appetit!!
Rudra