SWEETS

1. WHEAT PAYASAM

Ingredients
Wheat-1 cup
Jaggery-3/4 cup
Coconut milk-1/2 cup
Water
Ghee, raisins and cashew nuts – few
Cardamom powder-1/2 tsp

Method

Dry the wheat in sun and coarsely powder it.

Boil water, add wheat and cook well.
Add jaggery and dissolve it.
Remove from fire.
Add coconut milk and cardamom powder.
Add ghee fried raisins and nuts.
Mix evenly.
Depends on thickness add milk or hot water.


2. TOOR DAL PAYASAM

Ingredients

Toor dal-1/4 cup
Raw rice-1 tbsp
Jaggery-1/2 to ¾ cup
Coconut milk-1 to 2 cups
Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp
Cashewnut,raisins-few
Ghee-for frying

Method
Dry roast rice and dal separately(lightly)
Cook with 1 cup of water and mash lightly.

Jaggery is dissolved with water and strained.
Add jaggery solution to rice and dal.
Mix without lumps in low flame.
When it starts boiling,add coconut milk,cardamom and ghee fried cashews+raisins.


3. PEANUT PAYASAM

Ingredients

Roasted peanut-1/2 cup
Jaggery-3/4 cup
Milk-2 to 3 cups
Cardamom powder-a pinch
Ghee+peanuts split(fry in ghee)

Method
Roast the peanut well and powder coarsely.

Dissolve the jaggery and strain.

Mix jaggery and peanut together in low flame.
Boil well,add milk and cardamom powder.
Add ghee fried peanuts and serve.

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