ARISI THENGAI PAYASAM/AADI VELLI SPECIAL

                                                                           I decided to make a simple vella payasam today for Aadi vellikizhamai since vella payasam is(amman) ambal's favourite neivedhyam.My mother used to make this payasam during aadi vellikizhamai and during navrathri also.Let us see how i made it.

You will Need

• One fourth cup of Raw rice 
• One cup of scraped Coconut
• One cup boiled Milk
• One to One and half cups of Jaggery
• One generous pinch of Cardamom powder
• One small pinch of edible Camphor
• Few Cashew nuts
• One tbs of Ghee

How to
1.Wash and soak the rice for an hour.

 2.Grind it along with scraped coconut with a little water in to a coarse paste.

 3.Heat one cup of water in a thick bottomed pan and add the ground paste to it.

 4.Stir continuously and cook it in slow fire for five to ten minutes or until the rice gets cooked.

 5.Mean time heat half cup water,add jaggery and melt the jaggery.

 6.Once the rice and coconut comes to porridge consistency add the jaggery water.

 7.strain it for impurities.

8.Roast few cahews and raisins in ghee and pour over the payasam.

9.Add cardamom powder and boiled and cooled milk if you like and mix well.                                             

Suggestions

• Adjust the amount of jaggery according to your taste.
• I dissolved the jaggery in hot water,strained and used it.
• Adding milk gives richness to the payasam.
• Add the milk at the end to avoid curdling.
• The colour of the payasam depends upon the amount and quality of jaggery used.