Homemade Dishes - Onapayasam

Onapayasam

Payasam is the most look forward dessert item during any sadya.

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cup cherupayar parippu (mung bean split)
• 1 ½ coconut grated (for coconut milk)
• 2 cups jaggery (sarkara) (syrup in 1 cup water)
• 5 pods cardamom powder (elakkaya)
•  ½ tsp chukku powder (dry ginger)
• ½ tsp cumin seed powder (jeera)

Items to fry

• ½ coconut sliced to small (rectangle) pieces
• 50 gm cashew nut
• 50 gm seedless raisin
• 3 tbsp ghee

          

Preparation

Extract 1 cup of first milk, 2 cups of second milk and 2 cups of third milk from the grated coconut and set it aside.

Roast the cherupayar parippu and wash it clean.  In a pan boil 1 ½ cup of water and cook the cherupayar parippu.  Prepare jaggery syrup in 1 cup of water and set it aside.  When the cherupayr parippu is cooked and the water in the pan almost dried off add the jaggery syrup and 1 tbsp of ghee and sauté.

When the mix thickens add the third milk and keep stirring, should not burn at bottom of the pan, as the mix thickens add the second milk, cardamom powder, chukku and  jeera powder keep stirring.  When the mix thickens, turn off the flame and add first milk and set aside to cool.

In a pan heat the balance ghee and fry the sliced coconut, cashew and raisins.  Add the fried items and the ghee to the cherupayar parippu mix and blend well.  Yummy Onapayasam ready.  Go To KERALA FEAST