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Coconut payasam

payasam made of coconut and rice

Recipe by sakunthala of chennai, IN

easy to prepare and tasty too .liked by everyone.serves four. forgotten south indian payasam.

Ingredients vegetarian 4 servings


    • 1 cup  grated coconut
    • 1/4 cup raw rice
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 tsp badam,cashew,poppy seeds each
    • 2 elaichi
    • ½ tsp ghee
    • 1/2 liter milk
    • 1 tbl sp dry grapes and cashew nuts

    Directions

    1. soak rice in water for minimum 1/2 an hour
    2. soak badam,cashew and poppy seeds in warm water for ten minutes
    3. add coconut,rice in a mixer and blend till smooth
    4. add in a thick bottomed pan and boil ,stirring continuosly so that no lumps are formed adding milk in between
    5. grind badam(remove skin),cashew,poopy seeds ,elaichi and add that to pan.
    6. when the white color changes to transparent, add sugar
    7. let boil for another 15 minutes,remove from fire and keep it closed for 5 more minutes
    8. fry cashewand dry grapes separately in ghee  and add to payasam

     

    Comments

    kalyani

    hi shakunthala, dis recipe of urs is really delicious. to make it more nutritious instead of sugar i used jaggery and every1 liked it. thnks..:-)

    anjum Shaikh

    hey shakunthala, jus wanted to know whether to use dry coconut or fresh grated cocnout...........

    sakunthala

    sakunthala

    Hi Christy, Thanks for the comments.Iwill be sending some more recipes this week.

    christy gerald

    christy gerald

    Hi Shakunthala ,This one is very tasty.All your recipes are easy-doing and good, esp., ginger rasam is so good.