AVAL PAYASAM [RICE FLAKES PAYASAM]:
Serving
this delicious dessert [payasam] prepared with rice flakes is a nice way to
treat your guests graciously at the end of a fantastic meal! This payasam can
be prepared with red rice flakes also!
Ingredients:
Aval – half cup
Sago [javvarisi]- 2 tbsp
Raw rice- 1 tbsp
Ghee- 3 tbsp
Cardamom powder- half sp
Sugar- 1 ½ cups
Warm Milk-1 litre
Cashew nuts-8
Poppy seeds [optional] - 1 tsp
Raisins- 1 tbsp
Cashew nuts for frying-2 tbsp
Procedure:
Heat a pan and pour 1 tbsp of ghee.
Add the aval, sago and the rice and fry them
on slow fire until they become slightly golden brown.
When cooled, powder them coarsely.
Soak this powder in the slightly warm milk
mixing thoroughly without any lumps.
Let it stand for 15 minutes.
By this time the powder will be absorbed in
the milk.
Mix well and pour it in a vessel.
The mixture must be watery.
If the mixture is too thickened, some more
milk must be added.
Boil it on slow fire.
It will be cooked immediately.
Grind the cashew nuts and poppy seeds with
some milk to a fine paste.
Add this to the boiling milk and mix well.
Finally add the sugar and the cardamom powder.
Boil for some minutes.
Finally add the fried cashew nuts and the
raisins with the ghee.