Neipayasam

Name: Neipayasam
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Unnakalari/ Red raw rice; 1& 1/2 cup Water; 3-4 tbsp Ghee; 3/4 cup Jaggery; 1/4 cup Grated coconut; 1 tsp Cardamom powder; 1/4 tsp Dry ginger powder; 8-10 Cashews

Aswani Vishnuprasad @cook_12258614

austin tx

#Festive
This is a traditional classic preparation from Kerala. This is one of the naivedhyam/prasadamn that is offered to the godess Durga Devi and Lakshmi in Navaratri. It is made with rice, jaggery, and ghee.

Aswani Vishnuprasad @cook_12258614

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Ingredients

30 min

3 to 4 servings

1/2 cupUnnakalari/ Red raw rice
1& 1/2 cupWater
3-4 tbspGhee
3/4 cupJaggery
1/4 cupGrated coconut
1 tspCardamom powder
1/4 tspDry ginger powder
8-10Cashews

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Steps

30 min

1

Pressure cook the rice for 5 whistles in medium-low flame.
2

Rice should be cooked soft but not mushy.
3

After the pressure release, add jaggery.
4

Mix well and cook in low flame till the jaggery blends well with the rice.Now add grated coconut.
5

Mix well and cook for few more mins.
6

Add ghee little by little.
7

Keep mixing. When the payasam starts to thick add cardamom powder, cashews and dry ginger powder.
8

Switch off the flame and serve hot.