Tuesday 11 March 2014

Sago and moong dal Payasam - Sabudana Kheer


Ingredients :

1 cup Sago (sabudana)
1/2 cup jaggery
1/2 cup boiled moong dal
1 cup thick coconut milk
1/2 cup thin coconut milk
1 tsp cardamom pd
1/2 cup dry fruit nuts (cashew, raisins, almomds)
1 tbsp Ghee
Salt a pinch
Water as required

Method :

Soak sago in water fr 2-3 hrs. Drain the water. Heat a big vessel with 3 cups of water. Cook sago for few minutes until soft and translucent. Stir continuously so that it does not stick to the bottom.

Then add jaggery to it. Stir till it melts. Add a pinch of salt. Then add cardamom pd. Boil in medium flame for 5-10 mins. Then add the boiled moong dal. Stir it occasionally. Now off the flame.

Add thick coconut milk and stir it. Then put on the flame and stir it on slow flame. Now add the thin coconut milk. Now boil it for few mins. 

Heat ghee in a small pan. Fry the dry fruits and add to the payasam and mix well.

Serve hot with a small tsp of ghee poured over it.

Semai da adai with sweet coconut milk (Rice Noodle with sweet milk)



Ingredients :

4 cups of  rice (parboil rice)
Salt to taste

For sweet milk :

1 cup thick coconut milk
1 tsp cardamom pd
1/2 cup thin coconut milk 
1 cup jaggery
1 cup ripe banana (optional)

Method :

Soak the rice into lukewarm water for more than 3 hrs.

Grind coarsely to a batter by adding little water. The consistency of the batter should not be watery. Add salt to taste and mix well.

Now divide the batter and roll into long shapes. Steam this rolls for 45 minutes in a steamer.

Now you'll need a rice noodle machine. The image is shown below.



Now you'll have to put one roll into the mould when it is ultra hot. Squeeze it hard to get a string like hoppers. Now operating the machine is not so easy, you'll have to put stress on your hands as parboiled rice gets dense once it cooked.

Usually this adai is prepared from parboiled rice not with normal rice. Because it comes softer through this machine.




And it is served the next morning along with Sweet coconut milk.

For preparation of Sweet Coconut Milk :




In a vessel melt jaggery. Add thick coconut milk and thin. Stir well.
Add cardamom powder. Mix well. Serve along with Semige.


Some add ripe bananas to it just to enhance flavour.