Friday, October 3, 2014

Nei payasam

 Nei means Ghee, Payasam is a kind of kheer. This is a payasam from Kerala and it is known for its extreme sweet taste and ghee. This is prepared during pooja days as offering.
In my father's house, this payasam is prepared during Navaratri and offer as neivedyam to our family Goddess. We add more bananas and little raw rice in this recipe, while the traditional Kerala Nei payasam will have rice only.  I like the original version also very much. Hubby dear asked me to prepare this payasam as he still remembers that unique payasam from his elder brother's wedding:) So I made this super sweet payasam in the traditional manner. Try this and enjoy !
Ghee rich very sweet thick payasam.

Ingredients:
Raw rice or basmati rice - 1 cup
ghee - 1/2 cup
jaggery - 2 cup
cardamom , dry ginger powders - 1/2 tsp each
sliced coconut - 1/2 cup
cashew , raisin - few.
Banana - 1 (optional)

Method:
Cook the rice in a heavy bottom vessel (stove top) with 2 - 3 cups of water. After water comes to boil, add chopped banana. Wait till the rice gets cooked.  It should not be mushy.
In the meantime dissolve the jaggery in 1 cup water and bring it to a thick stage. Pour the clean jaggery solution (leaving behind the sediments) to cooked rice. Stir till it becomes thick . Fry the coconut pieces, cashew, raisin in ghee. Pour ghee, fried items, powders mentioned and mix well. Stir and cook till the dessert leaves the edges.
Time taken : almost 1 hour.
Nei payasam is ready!

Serving suggestion:
Serve as dessert.

Happy Vijaya Dasami to you all !

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7 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

I always want to make this nei payasam, yet its in my to do list.. Too tempting Viki.

Shobha Kamath said...

Looks delicious! The name of the payasam is new to me.

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

looks yum! Happy dashami and diwali...

Akila said...

lovely payasam

Ria said...

Hey! you have a wonderful blog..i just noticed that lots of other blogs are using your recipes(tamilnadu muslim biriyani in particular) without any credits to you...Please take care

Vikis Kitchen said...

Thanks Ria. Can you please give me the links, It will be a big help. Thanks again dear.

Unknown said...

Awesome nei payasam..love it dear

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