🌿 Vegetarian South Indian Dessert

Nei Payasam

Rich Kerala ghee payasam with rice and jaggery cooked slowly — a sacred temple offering made during festivals and ceremonies.

⏱Prep10 min
🍳Cook60 min
🕐Total70 min
👥Serves6
📊LevelMedium
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Method

  1. 1

    Cook rice in water until very soft. Melt jaggery and strain. Add jaggery syrup to rice and cook until thick. Add coconut milk and simmer. Finish with ghee, cardamom and fried cashews and raisins.

Kerala temple jaggery ghee

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