Add the raisins and fry till they are puffed up. I remembered the first time I tried kheer (term used in North India) or payasam (South India) at an Indian restaurant, I fell in love with the rice pudding that was sweet, creamy and milky with a lovely cardamom flavour and rose water fragrance
Karthigai Deepam) Special food like Murukku, Appam, Ricekheer / Pal Payasam, Peanut ladoo and Puffedrice ladoo are served and exchange between friends and relatives
Very rarely, I have distributed to all, in fact on two instances, one time when I baked the Coffee Cardamom Marble Cake and the other time was with the Carrot RiceKheer
Broken wheat/Cracked wheat/Dalia/Lapsi is one of the most sought healthy alternative for Rice. Broken wheat kheer/Goduma rava payasam/Dalia kheer is a tasty and nutritious kheer prepared with broken wheat
Makhana or phool makhana also known as foxnuts or puffed lotus seeds. Try other recipes from Spice Up The CurryVrat ke chawal ki kheer – Samvat ricekheer – Fasting recipeLauki ki kheerSweet potato halwa recipe | How to make Shakarkandi halwa recipeLauki Halwa Recipe (Doodhi Halwa Recipe)Badam Halwa | how to make badam halwa | Easy diwali recipeSinghare ke atte ka halwa (sheera) – Fasting/Vrat RecipeMango Coconut Burfi Recipe | Mango dessert recipesShrikhand Recipe ½ tablespoons Cashew nuts
Puffed seeds are used in curries, kheer, puddings and dry roasted snacks. Most significantly, the glycemic index of lotus seed is significantly lower than most high carbohydrate foods like rice, bread and others
To finish the meal we make kheer (rice pudding). Its basmati rice slow cooked in whole milk sweetened with sugar and flavored with saffron, cardamom along with raisins and finely chopped assorted nuts
Such dishes are ugadi pachadi (a mixture of neem buds, raw mango, tamarind juice, green chilli / pepper, jaggery and pinch of salt), puran poli, pulihora, carrot payasam, poha ladoo, lemon rice, Poha Kheer etc
Pori Chikki (PuffedRice Chikki). Pal Payasam / RiceKheer (Rice & Milk Pudding). Instead of rice flour, I have used Millet Flours / Sirudhaniyam Maavu to make it more healthy
Refreshed by some watermelon juice, I dove into Makkasolam fry, or baby corn pakoda, fritters of baby corn coated with some rice flour and besan batter
Always keep some plain rice, dal and rasam to tackle fussy kids. Drinks/ Beverages/Welcome Drinks Tomato soup Sweet corn soup Rose milk Badam Kheer Lemon juice Orange juice Mango juice Aerated drinks / rasna Any fresh juice Flavored milkshakes Smoothie Tender coconut water Hot chocolate A bottle of squash – Keep it handy incase you want to make more drink
