Kerala traditional style payasam recipe – neypayasam

Ingredients

• Red raw rice-1kg
• Grated coconut -1/2 cup
• Coconut slices- ½ piece
• Jaggery-1/2 kg
• Crushed cardamom-3 or 4 seeds
• Cashewnut-250 grm
• Raisins-250 grm
• Ginger powder-1/2 tsp
• Ghee- 6 or 7 tbsp

Method

•  First we wash and clean the rice and keep it in aside
•  Take a heavy pan add one or 2 cups of water to jaggery and boil until it
  becomes diluted, Keep aside.
•  Add 1 tsp ghee in frying pan, add coconut slices and raisins then fry till
  golden brown, keep aside.
•  Then we add red raw rice into the same pan and sauted for some
  minutes
• Add water and mix well
•  Add jaggery water and cook again for 10 to 12 minutes stirring
  constantly in low flame.
•  Now add grated coconut ,mix well and cook for 2 mins, then add ghee little by
  little.
•  Add powders like cardamom and dry ginger to payasam.
•  Then we add fried coconut slices and raisins mix well and cook for some
  minutes
•  Turn off the flame and serve kerala traditional style payasam .
•  Enjoy the taste of naypayasam