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Millet Payasam
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 

Small grains kheer

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: millet kheer, millet payasam, sirudhanya payasam, thinai payasam
Author: Sivagami Meganathan
Ingredients
  • Millet - ¼ cup - 40g
  • Moong dal - ½ cup - 100g
  • Milk - 3 cups - 750ml + 5 tsp
  • Jaggery - 1 cup - 250g
  • Cardamom powder - ½ tsp
  • Saffron - 1 pinch
  • Ghee-roasted cashews and raisins - as required
Instructions
  1. Add a quarter cup of foxtail millet to a pan and add half a cup of moong dal to it.

  2. Put on medium heat and fry till fragrant.

  3. Then transfer it to a vessel and rinse once.

  4. Add 2 cups of water and put 3 whistles in the pressure cooker.

  5. Once the millet and moong dal is cooked well, transfer them to a wide pan and add 3 cups of milk to it.

  6. Put on low heat and stir well for 10 minutes.

  7. Add a cup of jaggery to a pan, add a little water and bring to a boil.

  8. When the jaggery is boiled and became slightly thick syrup, strain and add it with kheer.

  9. After boiling it for a while, add ½ tsp of cardamom powder.

  10. Soak a pinch of saffron in 5 tsp of milk for a while and add it.

  11. Then add some cashew nuts and raisins fried in ghee. Turn off the stove after a minute.

  12. Delicious millet payasam is ready to serve.