Ethappazham Payasam

Ingredients:

•  Banana : 5
• Jaggery : 175 g
• Water : 1.5 ltr
• Grated coconut of 2.5 coconut
• Cardamom pdr : 15 g
• Coconut flakes : 1 Tbsp
• Cashews : 2 Tbsp
• Ghee : 3 Tbsp

Peel off the skin and remove the black middle portion from the ripe banana. Cook it with required amount of water. When it is fully cooked and it's colour turns to dark yellow, remove it from fire. Allow it to cool and grind the cooked bananas along with the water into a fine paste. Melt jaggery in 1.5 litre of water and boil it well. Then make it into half quantity and sieve it. Pour the grounded banana into the jaggery and saute it well. When it becomes thick, add 2 tbsp of ghee and combine well. Switch of the flame and keep aside.

Add ¼ ltr water into the grated coconut, grind it and make the thick coconut milk. Then, grind the coconut with 1.5 ltr water and make the semi thick coconut milk. Then, grind the coconut with 2 ltr water and sieve it to make the thin coconut milk. Pour the thin coconut milk into the above sauted banana jaggery mix and boil it well. When it becomes thick, pour the semi thick coconut milk and heat it well. Remove it from fire. Fry coconut flakes and cashews in little ghee and add it into the payasam. Finally, add the thick coconut milk and cardamom pdr into the payasam and mix well.

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Aval Payasam

Ingredients:

• Aval / Rice flakes : ½ cup
• Cardamom pdr : ¼ Tsp
• Ghee : 1 Tbsp
• Milk : 2 1/3 cup 
• Sugar : ½ cup
• Cashews : few
• Kismis : few

Heat milk in a heavy bottom vessel or in a uruli. Meanwhile, rinse the aval  in cold water and quickly transfer it to a kitchen tissue. Then saute this aval in ghee until it is well coated with ghee and a nice aroma comes. Boil the milk in high flame for few minutes and add the above sauted aval into the it and stir it in low flame. Next, add sugar and dissolve it completely with the milk mixture. Let it sit for about 20 to 25 mins or until it reaches a thick consistency. Remove it from fire and sprinkle cardamom pdr on it. Finally, add fried cashews and kismis into it. Let it sit for a few mins.

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Palada Payasam....Onam Special

Ingredients:

• Rice Ada (the white flakes seen in the picture) : 1 cup
• Boiled milk : 6 cup
• Sugar : ¾ to 1 cup
• Cardamom pdr : ¼ Tsp
• Ghee : 2 Tbsp
• Water : 2 cup

Boil the milk and keep it aside. Wash and drain the ada. Boil  water in a vessel and remove it from fire. Then soak the drained ada  for 20 mins. Again, drain the soaked ada and rinse under cold water 2 to 3 times. Keep it aside. Heat a heavy bottom vessel (uruli) and pour 1 tbsp of ghee. Add sugar into it and melt it completely. Add the drained ada into it and saute it with ghee - sugar mix in low flame till it turns into light golden colour. Next, pour the boiled milk into the sauted ada. Boil the milk until it turns thick and it changes to a light pink colour. This process takes about 35 to 40 mins. Finally, add the cardamom pdr and combine well. Remove it from fire. Your Palada Payasam (Milk Ada Kheer) is ready.

[Recipe Courtesy: Kothiyavunnu.com]

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