Nei Payasam Kerala Style

Name: Nei Payasam Kerala Style
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup raw rice; 2 cups water to pressure cook.; 1 cup Jaggery; 1/4 cup grated coconut.; 1&1/2 spoon ghee; as required Cardamom. Cumin seeds. Dry ginger; as required Roasted cashews

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Nei Payasam or sharkara payasam is a special traditional payasam usually served as naivedyam in kerala temples.
Nei Payasam is prepared with kerala raw rice or unakkalari. kerala raw rice/ unakkalari rice is commonly used for Nei Payasam.

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Ingredients

1/2 cupraw rice
2 cupswater to pressure cook.
1 cup Jaggery
1/4 cupgrated coconut.
1&1/2 spoon ghee
as required Cardamom. Cumin seeds. Dry ginger
as required Roasted cashews

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Steps

1

1/2 cup raw rice/unakkalari
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Rinse the rice and convert into a pressure cooker, add 2 cups of water.
3

Make jaggery syrup, take 1 cup Jaggery add 1/2 cup water, after that strain the jaggery syrup and keep it aside.
4

Pressure cook rice until 3-4 whistles(depends on the rice you are using). The rice must not be cooked until mushy.
5

Convert the cooked rice into a pan, add the jaggery syrup into it and cook until the jaggery syrup blends with rice well.
6

Add 1/4 cup grated coconut, mix well cook for 2 min on low flame.
7

Add the cardamom, dry ginger, cumin seeds powder. 1 TSP.
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Add 1&1/2 tbsp ghee into the rice and mix well. Switch off the flame. The rice will be in a thick consistency.
9

Add roasted cashews into the rice and mix well.
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Serve the payasam hot or warm