aval or beaten rice payasam

ingredients

• Beaten rice - 2 to 3 tsp.
• Sugar - 6 tbl.sp.
• Milk -a small cup
• Cardamom - 2
• Cashewnut - 4
• Raisins - 8
• Kesari powder - a pinch (optional)
• Ghee - 2 tsp.

method of preparation

• In a 2 tsp. of ghee, fry the aval (beaten rice) to a reddish brown.
• Add about 100 ml. of water and stir at once. Otherwise, lumps will be formed.
• When the aval (beaten rice) is cooked well, add sugar. Mix well and let the sugar dissolve well.
• Remove from the fire. Add powdered cardomom and kesari powder (saffrons and pachaikarpuram may be added as flavourings) to the milk and mix well with the payasam.
• Fry the cashewnuts and raisins in a tsp. of ghee and add.
• If available milk can be used in place of water for boiling aval (beaten rice).

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