Chettinad Pazha Payasam Recipe - Fruit Payasam
Chettinad Pazha Payasam is a delicious South Indian Style Kheer which is filled with the goodness of fruits. Serve it as a dessert after your everyday meal or during festivals.
- Prep time
- 1 hr
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1 l Milk
- 10 Cashew nuts soaked in water
- 10 Whole Almonds (Badam) soaked in water and skin removed
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
- 2 Mango (Ripe) peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 2 Ripe Bananas peeled and chopped
- 1 Apple peeled and chopped
- 1 Orange peeled and chopped
- 1/2 cup Green Grapes chopped
- 1/2 cup Black grapes chopped
- 1/2 cup Fresh Pomegranate Fruit Kernels
- 2 tbsp Honey
Instructions
- 1
To begin making the Chettinad Pazha Payasam recipe, soak almonds and cashews for 4 to 5 hours and grind them to a smooth paste using a mixer grinder.
- 2
Add milk in a saucepan and bring it to boil. When it starts boiling, add almond cashew paste in it and mix everything properly. Cook on low flame till it is reduced to 3/4th in quantity. Stir constantly to ensure that the milk does not burn.
- 3
Once the milk has reduced add sugar and cook till it is reduced to 1/2 in quantity. Add cardamom powder, stir and turn off the heat.
- 4
Allow the Payasam mixture to cool till it reaches room temperature and then refrigerate for an hour.
- 5
Meanwhile cut all the fruits in to small pieces and mix them together with honey. Refrigerate the mixed fruits for an hour.
- 6
After an hour combine both Payasam and fruits together and serve the Chettinad Pazha Payasam immediately.
- 7
Serve Chettinad Pazha Payasam as a dessert after a delicious meal of Chettinad Pattani Kurma, Chettinad Style Poondu Rasam and Steamed Rice.