Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Aval payasam

Name: Aval payasam
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 1 cup thick poha (flattened rice); 3 3/4 cups milk; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tbsp ghee; 1 1/2 tbsp cashews; 1 tbsp raisins; 1/2 tsp cardamom

Poha roasted in ghee and simmered in sweet milk. Krishna's payasam, ready in fifteen minutes.

20 minTime

8 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayGhee roasted poha in sweet milk.

The original

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8 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

20minutessame

Classic aval payasam.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Poha (flattened rice)1 cup, thick

Milk3¾ cups

Sugar½ cup

Ghee1 tbsp

Cashews1½ tbsp

Raisins1 tbsp

Cardamom½ tsp

Method

3 steps

1Fry cashews and raisins in ghee and set aside. Roast the poha in the same ghee.
2Boil the milk and simmer 5 minutes. Add poha and cook 5 minutes until soft.
3Add sugar and cardamom, stir until dissolved and top with nuts.

Serve it like this

Serve warm in small bowls with cashews and raisins on top.

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Aval payasam

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Ingredients

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