Easy Thengai Payasam Recipe, Coconut Payasam Recipe
 
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Thengai Payasam is the south Indian payasam variety made of Coconut and rice. Very good payasam easy to make which is suitable for all occacions.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: south Indian
Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • Coconut, grated - ½ cup
  • Raw rice - 3 tbsp
  • Jaggery - ¾ cup(adjust)
  • a generous pinch Cardamom powder
  • Cashew nuts and raisins - 8-10
  • Milk, boiled & cooled(optional) - ¼ cup
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp
  • water (1/3 cup grinding+1 & ½ cup+ ⅓ cup sugar syrup)
Instructions
  1. Soak rice in water 1 hour before preparing payasam.
  2. Add coconut and Ground it to a fine paste without water first and then add water ground it.
  3. Boil water in a pan and add the coconut, rice mix. Let it to boil well.
  4. Meanwhile, make the jaggery syrup, boil water and then add the jaggery, let it dissolve in water. The syrup should not be too watery.
  5. The rice and the coconut mix is boiled well, like porridge. Now drain the jaggery syrup and then add it with the payasam,mix well. Add the cardamom powder mix well.
  6. Roast the raisins and cashews in the ghee, till it turns golden brown and mix well with payasam.
  7. Now the payasam is ready to serve. We can serve it hot or cold and it is very good for neivedyam.
Notes
You can add milk if you want to make rich payasam.
Instead of jaggery you can add sugar.
Make sure that the rice boiled well before adding the sugar syrup
Recipe by Prema's Culinary at https://premasculinary.com/2016/04/thengai-payasam-recipe-payasam.html