Chikkudu Ginjala Payasam | Broad Beans Rice Pudding
Recipe prepared by Smt Jhansi Lakshmi
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Article written by Lakshmi Aparna
Chikkudu ginjala payasam is the sweet prepared with new rice, broad beans, jaggery and topiaca. This is specially prepared for Ratha Sapthami which comes on the seventh day after in Magha Masam. Chikkudu ginjala payasam is offered to Sun God as naivedyam in South India by Telugu people. This is very easy to prepare, here are the step by step instructions.
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Main ingredients: Broad beans, polished rice
Course: Main/side dish
Serves: 5-6
1 bowl measurement: 250 ml
Ingredients
Broad beans (chikkudu ginjalu): 1/2 bowl
Milk (whole preferable): 1 litre or 4 bowls
New polished white rice: 1/2 bowl
Mashed jaggery: 3/4 bowl
Sugar (panchadaara): 1/4 bowl
Cardamom (yalukalu): 5 or 6
Topiaca (Saggubiyyam): 2 tbsp
Cahews (jeedipappu): Few
Clarified butter (ghee, neyyi): 1-2 tbsp
Water: 50 ml or 1/4 bowl
Procedure
Step 1: Boil milk in thick based vessel, let it boil on low flame
Step 2: Apply ghee to saggubiyyam so that it will not become sticky
Step 3: Slowly add saggubiyyam to boiling milk, let it cook on low flame for 1 minute. Keep on stirring
Step 4: Add cleaned and washed rice to boiling milk. Let it cook for 7 minutes in low flame, keep stirring once in a minute.
Step 5: On the other burner add 1/4 bowl of water to mashed jaggery and sugar. Let it boil in low flame, till it becomes mild thick (8-9 minutes approximately)
Turn off the flame and add cardamom powder to the jaggery syrup. Keep it aside and let it cool to room temperature
Step 6: Add chikkudu ginjalu to boiling milk, let it cook for 25 minutes in low flame till it gets thickens. Keep stirring once in a while
Once it gets thicker turn off the flame and add 1 tbsp ghee to it
Step 7: Filter the jaggery syrup
Step 8: Add filtered syrup to cooked payasam.
Note: The jaggery syrup should not be hot (if syrup and cooked rice are hot, the milk may spoil)
Step 9: Saute (fry) cashews in 1 tbsp ghee. Then garnish to the payasam
Hot and sweet chikkudu ginjala payasam is ready :)
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