Friday, June 3, 2011

Easy Payasam


This Payasam is very good for our health. I got this recipe from a family who are following Naturopathy lifestyle. If we are drinking 2 glasses of this payasam, we could skip our breakfast. Its very healthy.
The speciality of this payasam is, No cooking involved, very easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

  1. Robusta banana    - 8 Nos. (peeled & sliced
  2. Jaggery syrup      -  from 2 Nos. jaggery (sarkara paavu
  3. Coconut milk        - milk from 1 1/2 Coconut
  4. Honey                  - 2 tbsp
  5. Nuts
  6. Raisin  
  7. Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp


Preparation:

  1. Blend Banana (peeled & sliced) and sarkarapaavu n a mixie like smoothie. Pour the mixture into a big pan.
  2. Then add the ingredients from 3 to 7 and mix well. Pour liquid jaggery and honey as your taste.
  3. Serve it.


Note
** You can use any kind of banana, but Robusta (green banana/pacha pazham) banana is the best for this     payasam. Nalla Pazhuthu njettinu black colour vannathaanu ettavum nallathu.
** Make Sarkkara (Jaggery syrup) paavu for this. (Grate jaggery and mix a 2 small cup of water and boil it  until jaggery melts and becomes slightly thick syrup. Remove scum) Use once its cold.
** Add very little water to prepare coconut milk. Here we are not taking thalapaal, randaam paal and  moonaam paal like in other payasams.
** Add honey and jaggery paavu according to your sweetness.
** Put cashew nuts as it is without roasting. Soak raisins in water for few minutes before adding into  payasam.


Robusta Banana !!!


Robusta pazham/ Pacha pazham !!!

           

Jaggery-2

Kathrikka (Brinjal) Mezhukkupuratti

Ingredients:

  1. Kathrikka (green)       - 2 Nos. (big)
  2. Mustard seeds            - 1/2 tsp
  3. Green chilli                 - 3 Nos. (cut into 4 pieces)
  4. Curry leaves               - 3 sprigs
  5. Turmeric powder        - 1/4 tsp
  6. Salt
  7. Oil
  8. Pepper powder          - 1 tsp
  9. Garam masala            - 1 pinch

Preparation
  1. Cut kathrikka into small pieces (lengthwise) and green chilli each into 4 pieces.
  2. Pour oil into a pan and splutter the mustard seeds, then add green chilli and curry leaves into it and saute it for few seconds untill curry leaves lost its moisture.
  3. Then add brinjal, turmeric powder and salt into it, mix well and close the lid for 3 minutes. (Never add water into it since its soft and have got enough moisture in it.)
  4. Saute it well in a low flame untill it shrinks well. 
  5. Sprinkle pepper powder and garam masala just before taking it from stove.
  6. Serve it hot.
Slice brinjals in this size.

Kathrikka Mezhukkupuratti !!!