Wanderberry Tales

When it is Payasam, it is kadala parippu payasam that I enjoy the most. Not just me, my sister as well. When everyone devours it hot, we love freezing it and having spoonfuls directly from the fridge:) Our dear akka, back home never misses an opportunity to make her special payasam. She ensures that she makes a huge quantity of it when my sister and I are back home. Only once do we eat it hot and the rest is frozen payasam. If it is payasam at home, our mom is sure to find a lot of used tablespoons lying around in her kitchen from our occasional sneaks into the kitchen for the payasam. Uhh!! Getting a little too nostalgic, am I! So here is your recipe - Ingredients Kadala parippu/ Bengal gram dal - 50 gm Raw Rice - 50 gm soaked in water Jaggery - 250 gm Sago seeds/chowwary/ Sabudana - 50 gm Coconut - 2 cups (take the milk) + 2 tbsp Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp Ghee Soak the rice in water for half an hour and wet grind it along with 2 tbsp of coconut. Fry the s...