Palada payasam

Hope all my Malayalee friends and folks had a good Onam this year. Every year I plan to post my full sadhya recipe menu and recipes in my blog beforehand but I think I am jinxed for some reason as  I never get to post recipes on time before the festivals. Like every year I made a good spread of Kerala recipes for our Onam sadya but sadly I couldn’t get my hands around the camera to click any pictures except this Paysam. So here I am a wishing everyone belated festive wishes with a special Pal Ada payasam I made. It’s better to be late than never isn’t it J

Ingredients ( serves 3-4)

Ada –100 gm

Milk – 4 cup

Evaporated milk – 1 cup (optional but recommended, substitute with milk if not using)

Sugar – ¾ - 1 cup ( according to your sweetness)

Boiling water – 1 ½ cup

Cardamom powder – ¾ tsp

Ghee – 1 tbs

Cashew nuts – 1 tbs

Golden raisins – 1 tbs

Method

1. Boil water in saucepan and turn off the flame, add the ada to the boiling water and cover it and leave it for 30 minutes, strain the water. Keep the ada aside.
2. Boil milk in a thick bottomed pan and add the strained ada to it.
3. Cook the ada for 30-40 minutes stirring it every now and then.
4. Add the evaporated milk, sugar and cook until sugar is dissolved.
5. Add cardamom powder and remove from fire.
6. In a small pan add ghee and roast cashew nuts until brown and raisins until they are plump. Add this to the payasam.