Thengai Payasam / Arisi Thengai Payasam / Easy Payasam Recipe

Thengai Payasam

Ingredients ground to a semi smooth paste
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
Rice -1 tbsp
( soak it in water for 30 minutes,i used sona masoori rice)
Cardamom - 4
( put all above ingredients in a mixi add some water and grind to a smooth mixture)
Other ingredients
Boiled milk - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1/4 cup heaped
( dilute jaggery in 1/2 cup water,filter and keep it aside)
Saffron few strings
Fried cashew nuts in ghee - 1 tbsp
Method
Take a pan add the ground rice/coconut/cardamom mixture pour 2 cups of water and in low flame cook till the rice is cooked.Add more water if needed.
Add the filtered jaggery and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
Switch off the stove add the saffron strings and the fried cashew nuts,
Once the mixture is cooled pour the milk mix and serve.

Note:
a) Do not add milk when the mixture is hot they may curdle.
b) Grind rice/coconut to a semi smooth mixture.
c) If you want too sweet then add more jaggery.

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