Sunday, June 6, 2010

Poha & Dates Payasam - A Sugarless Dessert

On Friday, I just posted the picture of "Poha & Dates Payasam". Here goes the recipe for that wonderful yummy payasam. I didn't add sugar. So, this is absolutely a healthy dessert.

Ingredients :

1. Poha - 1/2 Cup
2. Dates - 15 or more
3. Milk - 4 Cups (Boiled) (Chill one cup of milk)
4. Cardamom - 3
5. Cashew - 6 (Broken)
6. Ghee - 1 tsp
7. Honey - little qty (Optional)




Procedure :

1. Dry roast the poha till golden brown.

2. Grind to a coarse powder. Keep aside.

3. Cook dates in 1 Cup of milk.

4. Cool and grind to a smooth paste.

5. Cook powdered poha in 2 cups of milk.

6. Now, add the ground dates paste to the cooked poha.

7. Thin out with remaining chilled milk.

8. Fry cashew and cardamom in ghee and add to the payasam.

9. Mix well. Garnish with a tsp of honey.

10. Cool. Thin out with chilled milk if needed.

11. Serve immediately.

Note :
1. You can add sugar, if you want payasam to be sweeter.
2. This poha payasam would get thicker if it is not served immediately. You can add chilled milk to thin it out.


19 comments:

Lakshmi said...

Poha and dates is a new combo for making payasam. Sounds great will try sometime :)

Suji said...

Hmm slurrp..looks yummo Nithu..Love this payasam..

Love
Kairali sisters

Unknown said...

Wow, I like the idea of making sugarless dessert, sounds delicious :)

Aruna Manikandan said...

Nice combination dear!!!
looks delicious :-)

Priya Suresh said...

Yummyilicious payasam, love the fact that this payasam is sugarfree...

Umm Mymoonah said...

Very healthy and guilt free payasam Nithu, looks delicious.

Sindhura said...

congratulations to you on ur event n i will try to participate....MMMM this kheer looks inviting...lovely clicks nithu

Menaga Sathia said...

super dessert...

Priya said...

yummy payasam Nithu... great pics :)

Hayley said...

Very innovative dish Nithu..would love to have right now...

FH said...

Gorgeous. Dates sounds great in dessert, naturally sweet.

divya said...

yummy payasam Nithu... great pics :)

Nitha said...

delicious dessert

Suja Manoj said...

Great combo..yummy payasam :)

GEETHA ACHAL said...

பாயஸம் மிகவும் அருமை...

Unknown said...

Love this healthy and delicious payasam, Nithu..

Kiran said...

Heralthy and delicious poha kheer.

Torviewtoronto said...

lovely dessert

Anonymous said...

Tried Ur recipe, came out very well. thank for the different combo of dates and aval.