Sunday, 30 November 2008

Vermicelli Payasam. (Semiya Payasam)


Vermicilli Payaasam:(Semiya paayasam)
Payaasam is one of the easy recipes that gets done in auspicious days. My mom used to make it during our birthdays. Paayasam also gets appreciated by the kids and adults equally.
Requires (for four persons):
Milk : 2 1/2 cups
Vermicelli: 1/2 cup.
Sugar : 1 cup
Cardamom : 1/4 teaspoon
Raisins, Cashew nuts : a handful.

Procedure:
Roast vermicelli in ghee and keep it aside.
Pour milk in a thick bottomed vessel, When the milk boils lower the flame and add vermicelli and sugar. Add cardamom powder.
Let the milk simmer down and become thick, by then vermicelli would have been cooked well.
As the milk reaches the required consistency, take it off from the stove.
Roast cashew and raisin in ghee until you get the aroma, garnish on top of the payaasam. Payasam is ready to be served.

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