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SEMIYA PAYASAM

July 25, 2016 By ashavenugopal Leave a Comment

Kerala is very popular for its payasams. Payasam is a sweetened milk/coconut milk based dish. This traditional dessert is served post meal during festivals like Onam & Vishu and also other festivities like weddings, naming ceremony and so on.

semiya payasam

There are a huge variety of payasams that people make for different occasions. The simplest of them all and the most popular one is semiya payasam or vermicelli payasam. Vermicelli is cooked in milk, sweetened and then flavoured with cardamom.

Semiya Payasam

I have added a bit of caramelised sugar since i like the flavour. You can avoid by replacing caramelised sugar with regular sugar. However don’t mistake this method for caramelisation of milk that is done to which lends a light rose brown colour to the milk. That is a more time consuming process.

SEMIYA PAYASAM
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
30 mins
Total time
35 mins
 
Semiya Payasam or Vermicelli Payasam is the Simplest and most popular of Payasams!
Author: Asha
Recipe type: Desserts
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • 500 ml milk
  • ¼ cup vermicelli
  • ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
  • 2 tablespoon+ 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 teaspoons ghee/clarified butter
  • 5-6 split cashews
  • 5-6 raisins
Instructions
  1. Boil milk
  2. Add vermicelli to the boiled milk and cook it till done. It takes about 15-20 minutes to cook it on low to medium heat.
  3. In a separate pan add 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of water.
  4. Heat the sugar mixture till it caramelises and turns light brown.
  5. Add the caramelised sugar and 2 tablespoons of regular sugar and cardamom powder to the payasam.
  6. Heat ghee (clarified butter) in a pan. Fry the cashews and raisins separately till golden brown.
  7. Garnish the payasam with the cashews and raisins.
  8. Serve hot or cold!
Notes
Do not let the caramel become dark brown since it will lend a bitter taste to the payasam.
You can skip the caramelisation of sugar and just add regular sugar instead.
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