Varagu Arisi Payasam/ Kodo millet Payasam

Varagu Arisi Payasam/ Kodo Millet Payasam 

Varagu Arisi / kodo millet helps to reduce weight...with lots of nutritional value. Varagu arisi Payasam is a sweet  pudding which is made with kodo millet, Jaggery and milk topped with some fried nuts.

Ingredients:

Varagu Arisi- 1/2 cup

Jaggery- 1/4 cup

Milk - 1/2 cup

Water - 1 cup

Ghee - 1 tsp

Cashew/ almonds - finely chopped 

Cardamon powder- 1 tsp

Method 

# Wash and soak varagu arisi/ kodo millet for 1/2 hr.

# Cook kodo millet in 1 cup for water on medium flame until soft. It takes 15-17 minutes to cook.

# Once cooked add Jaggery and boil well  for 4-5 minutes. (dissolve Jaggery in little water and strain to remove impurities.)

# Once the jaggery is mixed well switch off the flame. 

# Add Cardamom powder, add milk and mix well.

# In a pan add ghee fry nuts and pour into the Payasam.

Varagu Arisi Payasam is ready to serve.

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Jackfruit Rice Payasam

Jackfruit Rice Payasam

In South India we call pudding or kheer as Payasam or a dessert recipe. This is one of the authentic recipe of Palakkad Iyer. As we all know we can prepare number of recipes with jackfruit such as Chakka Pradhaman, Ela adai, Chakka Varati, Kheer, Nei Appam etc... 

One of the most delicious recipe is jackfruit Rice Payasam, which is my Grandfather's favourite.

Ingredients:
Jackfruit - 7-8 bulbs
Raw Rice - 1/2 cup
Jaggery - 1/2 - 3/4 cup
Dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp
Cardoman powder - 1 tsp
Coconut bits - 1 tablespoon
Cashew's - 4-5 nos
Ghee - 1 tablespoon

Method:
# Wash rice and cook well.
# Dissolve jaggery in water and strain it.
# Chop jackfruit bulbs.
# Once rice is cooked well, add jaggery syrup and chopped jackfruit  bulbs and boil well on medium flame.

# Once it comes to porridge consistency, switch off the stove.

# Add cardoman powder and dry ginger powder and mix well.

# Fry coconut bits and cashew peices in ghee and add to the payasam.

Payasam is ready to serve.
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Thank you!