Payasam is an important party. South-Indian meal. Every festive meal in South India usually consists of poriyal, kootu, Avial, Pachadi with a three-course meal of Sambar, rasam, vathal kulambu and thayir . This is usually ended with a tasty payasam. Payasam is usually made with rice, millets, dals, sago, veermicelli, and fruits in a jaggery or sugar base. The jaggery-based Payasam is finished off with coconut milk. Today I made a jaggery-based payasam with wheat Rava/ Broken Wheat. Broken Wheat is usually used to make upma and sometimes for dosa. Wheat rava Payasam is very tasty and can be made in less time. Here I have used my pressure cooker to make this payasam. You can make it in an open pot or in an electric pressure cooker. It tasted very yummy and creamy. Do try this for your next festive meal and enjoy your festive meal.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add 1/3 cup of wheat rava to a pan. Dry roast them for 3-4 min. Add 1 tbsp of moong dal to it and roast another couple of minutes.
- Pressure cook for 3- 4 whistles until soft.
- In a bowl add 3/4th cup of jaggery. Add water to cover the jaggery and let it dissolve. Filter the jaggery syrup when is it dissolved.
- Roast cashews in a tablespoon of ghee. Remove and set aside. In the same pan, add the cooked wheat rava. Mash with a ladle. Add jaggery syrup to it. Let them cook togehter.
- Add 1/2 cup of thin coconut milk. Let it cook for 2-3 mins. Turn off the stove.
- Add roasted cashews to the payasam and serve.
