Ghee Payasam (Ney Payasam)

Ingredients for Ghee Payasam (Ney Payasam):

1. Matta rice – 1 cup

2. Ghee – ½ cup

3. Salt – A pinch

    Melted jaggery – 1.5 cups

4. Ghee – 1 big spoon

5. Scrapped coconut – ½ cup

6. Cardamom powder – ½ small spoon

7. Cashews – 2 big spoons

    Raisins – 2 big spoons

8. Rasakadali banana (Jnaalipoovan) – 1, chopped

How to prepare Ghee Payasam (Ney Payasam)?

1. Heat a pan and fry rice.

2. Transfer rice to a pressure cooker, add sufficient water and cook till first whistle.

3. Heat a pan and add cooked rice along with ½ cup ghee.

4. Fry it for four minutes, followed by a pinch of salt and melted jaggery.

5. Mix the contents well and cook till payasams thickens.

6. Pour a big spoon of ghee in a pan and fry scrapped coconut till it turns light brown.

7. Add cardamom powder to it, mix it well and add to the payasam.

8. In the same pan heat some ghee and fry raisins and cashews.

9. Add this ghee to payasam and decorate with banana slices.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine April 1-14, 2019

Also read one more ghee payasam recipe published in Vishu edition of Vanitha 2020.

Also read a few more payasam and pradhaman recipes. Here is the page link. Click on the images  in the gallery to read.