I hope all of you are staying safe at home during the lock down.
The most important thing during this crisis is staying healthy. The healthiest food is home cooked food. On this blog, my aim has been to share healthy and nutritious recipes from across India, more so from my home town of Kodagu or Coorg.
At this time, since everyone is at home, it is a good time to bond better with family. What better way to strengthen the bond with family than to cook with them. Get your spouse to partner with you and cook a healthy meal. Ask the kids or the grown up children to contribute too. See the joy that this can bring to all your faces when you sit down to eat what you have cooked together.
Today, I will share a healthy and nutritious pudding that is generally made at weddings and festivals. We make it quite often as it is easy to make and is also healthy. This pudding is definitely a good choice when compared to other high calorie and sugar rich desserts.
The Rice Rava pudding is made from broken rice or rice rava. It is easily available in most supermarkets. To this rava, add milk, jaggery, cardamom, coconut paste and dry fruits and you have a creamy and delicious pudding that you will certainly enjoy. This pudding can be served hot or cold. We love to eat it hot with a spoon of ghee for added nutrition!
Here’s how to make it.
To make Rice Rava Pudding for two, you will need the following ingredients:
½ cup Rice Rava (Akki Tari)
¼ cup thick Jaggery syrup
1 cup Milk
6 Cardamoms, peeled and crushed
1/2 cup Coconut, grated and ground to a fine paste
5-6 Cashews
15 Raisins
1 Tbsp. Ghee or Clarified Butter
A pinch of salt
Method
- Wash the rice rava. To this, add two cups of water and let it stand for 10 minutes.
- Cook the rice rava till done. (If you use a pressure cooker, it would require three whistles.)
- Transfer the cooked rice rava into a thick bottomed pan. Add the milk and salt and heat this mixture till it comes to a boil. Lower the flame and let it cook for 5-7 minutes while stirring constantly.
- Now add the jaggery syrup, raisins and the coconut paste and mix well. Let this mixture simmer for 5-7 minutes. Keep stirring from time to time. Should you find the mixture to be too thick, add 1/2 cup of milk and bring it to a boil.
- In a small pan, heat the ghee. Fry the cashew nuts and add it to the above mixture and mix well. Turn off the flame.
Your Rice Rava Pudding or Akki Tari Payasa is ready to serve. You can serve it hot or cold. Should you decide to serve it hot, please do add a spoon of ghee to your bowl and enjoy the payasa.
Do let me know how you like this pudding.
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