Coconut payasam

COCONUT PAYASAM / NARIYAL KA KHEER / COCONUT KHEER

INGREDIENTS

• Freshly grated coconut – 1 cup
• Raw rice – 2 ½ or 3 tbsp
• Jaggery grated – ¾ or 1 cup or as per taste
• Milk boiled and cooled – ½ cup
• Cardamom pwdr – ¼ tsp
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Broken cashew or thinly sliced coconut pieces – 2 tbsp

PREPARATION

1. Clean wash and soak the rice for an hour .[ I used basmati rice ]
2. Take jaggery with enough water till immersing point [ ½ cup water ]. Boil it till the jaggery melts .Strain the syrup and keep aside.[syrup should not be thick ]
3. Grate coconut ,avoid the brown part .
4. Drain the excess water from the soaked rice and grind it with the coconut by adding 4 or 5 tbsp water to a coarse paste .[ not very fine paste ,little coarse to feel the texture ]

METHOD

Boil 2 ½ cups of water in a heavy bottom pan .

Once the water starts boiling ,lower the flame to medium and add the coconut paste .

Cook on low flame by stirring in between for 10 – 12 mins till the rice bits gets cooked / softens.[ be careful as it can stick to the bottom – stir ]

Now add the jaggery syrup + elaichi pwdr and mix well .

Once it starts boiling off the flame .

After 5 mins add the milk and mix well.

Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a small pan ,add the cashews or coconut and fry till golden .

Now add the fried coconut pieces or cashews with ghee and mix well.

Serve hot or chilled .

NOTES

1. Rice gives texture to the payasam ,more the rice more thicker the payasam. Some where I got the taste of phirni .
2. Use a fresh coconut ,don’t use refrigerated one.
3. The payasam should not be thin . it should be semi thick or thick.
4. You can also add raisins with cashew .
5. My kids did not like the fried coconut pieces ,so next time I will add cashew.
6. Don’t add milk when the payasam is hot else it will curdle.

for more recipes click on the names  below :- 

1. What to cook for breakfast ?–  500 recipes
2. Cake recipes – 50 cake recipes + 40 tips on baking -baking in cooker /pan /kadai
3. Idli recipes – 42 tips + 27 different idli recipes
4. Veg recipes–  130 + recipes
5. Cooking tips –  200 tips
6. Tips for buying and cooking fish– 30 recipes
7. Tips for buying and cooking chicken – 30 + recipes 
8. Tips for buying and cooking mutton– 20 + recipes 
9. Rice recipes –  53 + rice recipes
10. Diet plan for losing weight
11. Paneer recipes – 20 + recipes
12. Diet plan for losing weight

For more tips ,tricks , videos ,recipe ,amazing kitchen appliances like our facebook page  –   https://www.facebook.com/virtual.treat.for.foodies