Chettinad Pazha payasam recipe
Chettinad style mixed fruits kheer recipe
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups of milk
- 1/3 cup condensed milk
- ¼ cup pomegranate
- ¼ cup finely chopped mango
- ¼ cup finely chopped apple
- ¼ cup chopped grapes
- Few sliced almonds
- A pinch of saffron optional
To soak and grind
- 1 tbsp rice use rawa rice or basmati or seeraga samba or millet
- 1 tbsp cashew nuts
- 1 tbsp almonds
Instructions
- Soak 1 tbsp of rice in a bowl for 15 minutes. I used raw rice, you can use seeraga samba rice or basmati rice or millet too.
- Soak the almonds and cashew nuts in hot water for 15 minutes and take out the skin of the almonds.
- Grind the soaked rice and blanched cashew nuts and almonds into a fine paste.
- Add 1-2 tbsp of milk while grinding.
- In a heavy bottomed pan, add 2 and ½ cups of milk.
- Let this boil.
- Simmer the flame and add the ground rice and nuts paste.
- Mix well and continue to stir this continuously.
- Now add the condensed milk.
- If adding saffron add a pinch now.
- Usually they add vanilla custard powder in Chettinad pasha payasam.
- But I felt it will taste like custard, so didn’t add.
- To get a nice yellow color I added a pinch of saffron to this.
- Continue to stir this well till becomes little thickened.
- The payasam tend to thicken after cooling. So switch off once it is little thick.
- Allow this to cool completely.
- Once it cool, add the pomegranate, finely chopped apple (peel the skin), finely chopped mango, chopped grapes (cut into 2-3 pieces)
- Mix well and garnish with sliced almonds.
- Chettinad pazha payasam is ready.
- Serve chilled.
Notes
Notes:
1. You can add finely chopped pineapple to this payasam. 2. If adding vanilla custard powder, you can mix 1 tbsp of custard powder in 2 tbsp of room-temperature milk. Add to the boiling milk along with the rice and nuts paste. 3. If adding banana, just add before serving. 4. After adding fruits, do not store this for a longer time. 5. Chettinadu pazha payasam is perfect for get-togethers and festival gatherings.
1. You can add finely chopped pineapple to this payasam. 2. If adding vanilla custard powder, you can mix 1 tbsp of custard powder in 2 tbsp of room-temperature milk. Add to the boiling milk along with the rice and nuts paste. 3. If adding banana, just add before serving. 4. After adding fruits, do not store this for a longer time. 5. Chettinadu pazha payasam is perfect for get-togethers and festival gatherings.
