Pal Payasam

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Pal Payasam/Semiya Payasam is a sweet and delicious Indian kheer recipe prepared with vermicelli/semiya cooked in condensed milk, sweetened with sugar, flavourd with cardamom and garnished with sauted nuts and raisins. Semiya payasam is a most popular dessert served along with south Indian meals in restaurants, hotels and wedding lunches. This Indian kheer recipe is prepared during most of the festive occasions like diwali, vinayagar chathurthi, family get togethers,etc. Try this variety of Indian kheer recipe Pal payasam/Semiya payasam at home and Enjoy Cooking!!!

Servings: 2 Preparation time:
Ingredients:
  • Milk, Producer, Warm, hot Milk 1600 ml
  • Vermicelli, Vermicelli 100 gm
  • Brown Sugar, Sugar 60 gm
  • Cashew Nuts Dry Roasted, Without Salt Added, Kaju, Fried Cashew nuts 2 tbsp
  • Raisins, Seedless, Raisins Raisins 1 tbsp
  • Cardamom Powder, Cardamom Pd, Choti Elaichi, Cardamom, Cardamon, Elachi Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
  • Ghee, Ghee 10 ml

Instructions (Preparation Steps):

  • Boil milk in a thick bottomed pan and keep in slow fire till it reduces to three-quarters of its original quantity.
  • Heat 5 ml ghee in a kadai and saute vermicelli till it turns light brown in color.
  • Add roasted vermicelli to the boiling milk and cook in a slow fire till the vermicelli is done.
  • Add sugar, cardamom powder and cook in slow fire for a minute.
  • Saute the cashew nuts and raisins in the remaining ghee and garnish it over the payasam/kheer.
  • Serve hot or cold as a dessert.

Cook's Tip:
To prevent ants from attacking nuts, place a black peppercorn in the container.
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Do not store milk in the refrigerator door, as the temperature is too warm - milk will keep much better when stored in main body of the refrigerator.
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Easieast way to chop raisins, sprinkle some flour on it so they dont stick and then cut with scissor
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Out of brown sugar? You can substitute 1 cup for 1 cup white sugar and ¼ cup molasses. Just reduce the other liquids in the recipe by about ¼ cup.
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Add cardamom peels to the tea canister, instead of throwing them away. It will lend a very subtle flavour of cardamom to every cup of tea you brew!
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  • rvr0225
    rvr0225
    Very Good
    328 days ago
    looks awesome and must try imdtly