Little Millet - Saamai Payasam | Paal Payasam

     Saamai Payasam a tasty,healthy payasam liked and relished by kids and adults.Saamai payasam can be made in no time with the available ingredients.If you want to know the benefits of Millet's refer my millet post.

BlackRice Recipe/Payasam

    "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

1. Oats payasam
2. Javarisi payasam(sabudana)
3. Parruppu payasam(pasiparupu) 

     

Preparation time:3 hours(soaking)
cooking time:20 min
serves:2-3

Oats Payasam/Easy kheer without milk

                     This month is auspicious for every Indian.We tamilians call it  aadi (otherwise "shravan" for others).Many festivals occur this month or this is start of festive season .In aadi month fridays are very special ,my mother-in -law do different payasam for every friday .
                     I did oats payasam for this week friday.Its absoulte delicious and yummy .If you have sweet tooth then this payasam is for absolutely for you .Payasam was little watery ,if you want it little thicker reduce the water added while cooking the oats .
I used very small sidedish cup (available in thali) for measuring oats ,water and jaggery(whatever cup you use ratio remains same ) .

Some easy payasam recipes

Javarisi Payasam/Sabudana Kheer
Moongdal Payasam

Cooking time:25 min
Serves:3-4

Moongdal Payasam/Pasiparuppu payasam /பாசிப்பருப்பு பாயாசம்

This is very traditional payasam in south indian kitchens made with jaggery,coconut and moongdal.One of the easiest ,tastiest and nutritious dessert .My daughter loves sweets,which kid doesnt love sweets right ?At times when she doesnt eat rice ,veggies i  do this payasam to add protein ,iron to her diet.She used to finish the whole cup and ask for more .So i am very pleased with this payasam.Bachelors... who are away from home can make this and get to feel right at home .Ok ready ! can we start ...

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Looking for some easy dessert recipes check sabudana kheer

Cooking time:30 min
Serves:2(around 400 ml)

Sabudana kheer/Javarisi payasam(ஜவ்வரிசி பாயாசம் )

For a festival or a celebration commonly we make sweets to express our happiness and share our joy.In south india only during diwali time people used to make sweets (these days we do it whenever , I am talking about may be the last generation). For smaller festive occasions like full moon day or navarathri people make kheer because it is very easy to make and its loved by everyone in the family. I made this kheer for a small family occasion.
Check similar white desserts like Candy Rice,Cocoa-Coconut fudge,Kaju Katli

Preparation time:5 min
Cooking time:45-50 min
Serves:2-3