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appi payasam

Appi Payasa

5 from 2 votes
Appi Payasa is a delectable, sweet dish from South India
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Course: sweets
Cuisine: South Canara, South Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the pooris:
  • 1 cup Fine Semolina Chiroti rawa 225grams
  • 2 teaspoon Ghee
  • water
  • oil for frying
For the payasam:
  • 1 litre milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar 100grams
  • a few cashew nuts
  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • 4-5 saffron strands

Method
 

  1. Take the semolina in a bowl. Add a teaspoon of ghee and mix it well.
  2. Add water, a little at a time and mix it to a firm dough.
  3. Cover and keep it aside for fifteen to thirty minutes.
  4. Boil milk for some time, it should reduce 3/4 of the quantity. Add a few strands of saffron to it.
  5. Take a small ball of the dough and roll it into a thin puri.
  6. Heat oil in a kadai.
  7. Deep fry the puri to golden colour.
  8. Remove it on a tissue paper.
  9. Repeat the procedure for the rest of the dough. You will be making around seven to eight puris.
  10. Crush the puris to small pieces.
  11. Add them to the boiled milk.
  12. Boil the milk on a low flame for five minutes.
  13. Add sugar and mix well.Boil for two more minutes.  Let the consistency be moderate, neither too thick nor thin. On cooling, it becomes thicker. Remove from flame.
  14. Add cardamom powder.
  15. Roast the cashew pieces in ghee and garnish it.

Notes

It is essential to keep the dough covered for sometime. Knead it and then roll into puris.
Ghee may be used for frying the puris.
Nuts of your choice may be used.