"Black rice" plays a major role in china and Burma cuisine .Our
ancestors were traders in Burma and carried this wonderful rice to chettinad .In Chettinad ,Black Rice "Kavuni arisi" present in almost every occasion,normally a pudding will be made
with black rice ,sugar and cardamom , such a simple and rich .
Whatever occasion or festival there should be one kind of this Payasam/Kheer present along with the meal in India .There are so many variation you can make to this Payasam recipe, change colours by using food colours or adding fruit to make fruit pudding etc.
I keep saying Payasam/Kheer .
What is payasam /kheer/phirni?
"Payasam" is nothing but "kheer" in north India and "phirni" in south Asia made with boiling sabudana,semiya,poha,broken wheat ,rice in milk and sugar.. flavoured with cardamom ,nuts,dried fruits etc .
This black rice payasam is done in the same way for navarathri prasad (offering to god) .Keep on stirring the kheer otherwise it will stick to the bottom .I added cranberries instead of dried grapes/raisins ,you can add raisins too .You can add cashew nuts instead of badam.You can substitute black rice with regular rice as well to give a twist to the recipe.
Some other payasam
Preparation time:3 hours(soaking)
cooking time:20 min
serves:2-3
Whatever occasion or festival there should be one kind of this Payasam/Kheer present along with the meal in India .There are so many variation you can make to this Payasam recipe, change colours by using food colours or adding fruit to make fruit pudding etc.
I keep saying Payasam/Kheer .
What is payasam /kheer/phirni?
"Payasam" is nothing but "kheer" in north India and "phirni" in south Asia made with boiling sabudana,semiya,poha,broken wheat ,rice in milk and sugar.. flavoured with cardamom ,nuts,dried fruits etc .
This black rice payasam is done in the same way for navarathri prasad (offering to god) .Keep on stirring the kheer otherwise it will stick to the bottom .I added cranberries instead of dried grapes/raisins ,you can add raisins too .You can add cashew nuts instead of badam.You can substitute black rice with regular rice as well to give a twist to the recipe.
Some other payasam
- Oats payasam
- Javarisi payasam(sabudana)
- Parruppu payasam(pasiparupu)
Preparation time:3 hours(soaking)
cooking time:20 min
serves:2-3