PAYASAM

INGREDIENTS NEEDED:

Raw rice -1cup

Jaggery- 2cups

Ghee - 1/4cup

GARNISHING ITEMS:

Cashew nuts

kismis

Finely cut coconut pieces

METHOD:

Clean 1cup rice and cook it using 2 1/2cups water. Cook in an open pan add water if required.

The rice should not be over cooked. When it is rightly cooked, add 2cups of

jaggery and mix it well.

Keep stirring this mixture until the water is completely absorbed.

Lower the flame and add the ghee and mix well till it leaves the sides of the vessel.

At this stage the payasam is ready. Remove from the stove.

Garnishing:

In a kadai add 3spoons of ghee, cashew first then add the kismis. The kismis will puff up. Remove garnishing and add to the payasam. In a little ghee add the cut coconut pieces and add to the payasam.

Hot Payasam is ready to serve. This could be a perfect south Indian Traditional dessert.