Aval Vellam Thengai Payasam

Another Aval recipe - AVAL THENGAI PAYASAM.

Ingredients:

1.Aval.......1/2 cup

2.Grated coconut......1/4 cup

3.Jaggery/vellam........ 1/4 cup +1 tbsp

4.Cardamon powder....1 tsp

5.Ghee.....1 tbsp

6.Dry grapes and cashews few for garnishing.

7.Milk...1/2 cup

Procedure:

1.Grind aval and coconut with water to a coarse paste.

2.Mix milk and 11/2 cup of water to the paste and bring it to boil.Keep stirring until the aval cooks completely.

3.Once the aval is done add jaggery,cardamon powder and ghee fried grapes n cashews.

4.Cook for 5 more minutes and switch off the flame.

5.Serve it hot or cold.

Jaggery is rich in iron.Coconut has good fat in it,heals ulcer problem.Beaten rice has good source of fibre.Overall its a very healthy and tasty recipe :)

Paal Ada Pradhaman

Posting this as "avani avittam " special recipe!!!I made this with ready made paal ada(double horse brand)..the procedure is similar to semiya payasam,hence very easy to prepare :)Lets go straight to the ingredients...

Ingredients:

Makes 2 bowls of payasam

1.Paal Ada..........4 tbsps

2.Coconut milk.......1 cup

3.Milk.......1/2 cup

4.Water......1 cup

5.Sugar.........3/4 cup

6.Ghee.....2 tsps

7.Cardamom powder.........1 tsp

8.Cashew nuts.........15 gms

9.Dry grapes.........10 gms

Procedure:

1.Fry cashew & grapes with a tsp of ghee till golden.Keep it aside.

2.In the same kadai fry paal ada with a tsp of ghee,till it changes color slightly.

3.Take a thick bottomed vessel,boil a cup of water,add fried paal ada and let it boil till soft.

4.Then add milk,coconut milk and sugar and bring it to a boil.

5.Add cardamom powder and fried cashew & grapes and switch off the flame.

6.Serve hot / cold.

Paal Paayasam

This is one of my favorite paal payasam which my mom used to prepare often for festivals/poojas.I should say my mom is a professional in this "payasam area".She has made more than 8 varities of paal payasam,each has different taste and aroma... I'm here posting one of her variety (payasam), uniquely prepared in my mom's way!!

Ingredients:(serving-2 persons)

1.Boiled Milk.......... 250 ml

2.Sugar............ 150 gms

3.Soaked Rice............. 5 Table spoons

4.Soaked Channa dhal(besan)................. 3 table spoons

5.Cardamon................. 5 nos

6.Cashew,Raisins.............. 10 nos

7.Ghee................... 1 table spoon

8.Grated coconut.................. 50 gms

9.Water.........2 cups

Procedure:
1.Soak rice and channa dhal separately for 1 hr.

2.Grind soaked rice,grated coconut not to a fine paste(rice should be in rava(sooji) /broken consistency,add 2 -4 spoons of water)

3.Place a medium sized bowl on stove,add 1 table spoon of ghee,then add cashew & raisins to it.
Add boiled milk to the golden fried cashew.After 2 minutes add the grounded paste and soaked channa to the milk and stir continously.Add 1 or 1 1/4 tea cups of water to it.

4.Let the Paayasam to boil for 8-10 minutes,then add 170gms of sugar to it,allow it to boil for 10 more minutes.Atlast add cardamon powder to it.

5.Sweet Paal paayasam is ready.

Note:
Before adding sugar,make sure that the grounded rice is fully boiled,bcoz after adding sugar,the uncooked rice will not get fully boiled.

Enjoy the recipe.

THANX.