PAYASAM

Ingredients :

• Rice - ½ Kg
• Jaggery - 1Kg
• Cashew nuts - a few
• Raisins - a few
• Dry coconut pieces - a few
• Ghee - as desired

Method :

Half cook the rice and keep it aside. Heat Jaggery in a saucepan with alittle water. Add the half-cooked rice and let it cook for a few minutes. In another small saucepan heat ghee and fry the cashew nuts, raisins and dry coconut pieces separately and add them to he aravanna payasam and remove from the fire.