Arisi Thengai Payasam / Rice Coconut Kheer | Tamil New Year Recipes

Happy Tamil New Year 2015!
Arisi Thengai Payasam Recipe

Arisi Thengai Payasam is a special traditional payasam made with rice and coconut.I happened to see the recipe of this coconut payasam in a magazine long back , I just jotted down the recipe and this helped me to make this special payasam post for this Tamil New Year 2015. You can check out other Tamil New Year Recipes and Payasam Recipes that I posted earlier.

Arisi Thengai Payasam Recipe

Arisi Thengai Payasam Recipe

Preparation Time:10 minutes | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves:2
Recipe Category: Payasam / Kheer | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup tightly packed
Raw rice - 2 heaped tbsp
Jaggery - 1/3 cup
Boiled Milk - 1/4 cup
Water - 2 and 1/2 cups
Ghee - 2 tsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Cashewnuts - 6 whole broken
Raisins - 10

Method:

  1. Soak jaggery in warm water(till immersing level) , crush it well. Then heat it up until it is slightly thick (no string consistency needs to be checked).Strain and keep aside.
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  2. Rinse rice well and soak in water for atleast 30mins,Set aside.In a mixer grind rice and coconut together with little water to a coarse paste.
    How to make Arisi Thengai Payasam - Step1
  3. Boil water, keep in low flame and add the coconut rice paste and let it cook in medium flame for 10mins.
    How to make Arisi Thengai Payasam - Step2
  4. Once the rice gets cooked soft and the mixture is in porridge consistency add jaggery syrup.
    How to make Arisi Thengai Payasam - Step3
  5. Stir well and cook for 3mins,add cardamom powder and stir well.meanwhile in a tadka pan with ghee fry cashews and raisins.First add cashews once it starts to brown add raisins, let it bubble up then switch off.
    How to make Arisi Thengai Payasam - Step4
  6. Switch and let the payasam cool down for 10mins.Then add milk and stir well.Add ghee fried cashews and raisins, give a quick stir.
    How to make Arisi Thengai Payasam - Step4
Serve hot / warm.I love it chilled :)
Arisi Thengai Payasam Recipe

My Notes:

Arisi Thengai Payasam Recipe

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