Wednesday, December 3, 2014

ARISI THENGAI PAYASAM RECIPE | KARTHIGAI DEEPAM RECIPES

Arisi thengai payasam is a very common one in most of the Brahmin houses. We make this for most of the festivals . For Karthigai Deepam we make Pori urundai, Nei appam and along with this my mom makes this Arisi thengai payasam too. My mil's place we mostly make paruppu payasam. As Karthigai deepam 2014 is coming on Dec 5 i thought i will post this recipe of thengai payasam which is a long pending for me to post. Check out my other Karthigai Deepam recipes:

Thengai Payasam

Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins |Serves: 2

     Raw Rice   1 tbslp
     Coconut      1/2 Cup
     Jaggery     1/2 cup
     Cardamom powder    a pinch
     Cashew nuts   4
     Ghee   1 tsp

Method:

Soak the rice in water for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes drain the water and grind the rice along with the coconut into a fine paste.
You can add little water while grinding.

In a heavy bottomed pan add the ground paste and add half cup of water. Keep in a low flame. Cook this for 7-10 minutes in a low flame so that the rice will get cooked.

Boil the jaggery with 1/4 cup of water. Filter this if you have any impurities.
Let this jaggery water boil for 2 minutes . Add this to the rice coconut paste. Add little water to adjust the consistency. Do not add more. the payasam will be thick only. Add the cardamom powder.

Switch off the flame. Roast the cashew nuts in ghee and add to this.

Payasam is ready for neivedhyam.

Notes

If you want you can add milk to the payasam in the last. If adding so ensure both the milk and the jaggery mixture is completely cool. Else the milk will curdle.
After adding milk do not reheat.
A pinch of edible camphor can be added to the payasam to enhance the flavour. Do not add more.