Pine Apple Barley Malt Payasam (Pine Apple – Yavum Mix Payasam)

Ingredients for Pine Apple Barley Malt Payasam (Pine Apple – Yavum Mix Payasam):

1. Pineapple – 1, cut into pieces

2. Ghee – ¼ cup

3. Jaggery – ¾ kilo

4. Barley Malt (Yavum rice) – ¼ cup

5. Raw rice (Pachari) – 2 tablespoons

6. Coconut milk – From 1 ½ coconuts

7. Cashews – 25 gm

8. Raisins – 15 gm

9. Coconut pieces fried in ghee – 2 tablespoons

10. Cardamom powder and cumin powder – A little each

11. Dry ginger powder – A little

12. Sugar – 1 tablespoon

13. Rock candy (Kalkandam) – 1 tablespoon

How to prepare Pine Apple Barley Malt Payasam (Pine Apple – Yavum Mix Payasam)?

1. Cook the pineapple and make a fine paste.

2. Heat an urli and pour in ghee.

3. Add jaggery solution to it and allow the solution to boil.

4. Add pineapple mixture and fry again

5. Sprinkle a little sugar occasionally.

6. Continue the process till this mixture turns sticky.

7. Add 4 cups of 3^rd extract of coconut milk.

8. Mix well and boil till the contents reduce to almost half.

9. Add both types of rice to it and stir well.

10. When the contents boil, add 2^nd extract of coconut milk.

11. Cook till your payasam thickens.

12. Add cardamom powder, dry ginger powder, and cumin powder.

13. Mix well and take off from the flame.

14. Add 1^st extract of coconut milk and sprinkle rock candy.

15. Add raisins, cashews, and coconut pieces on top and close the lid of your urli.

16. Open the lid after some time and serve. 

Grahalakshmi Magazine October 1-15, 2015

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