Chettinad Pazha Payasam Recipe – Fruit Payasam Recipe

Ingredients

1 liter Milk,10 Whole cashews – soaked in water,10 Badam (Almond) – soaked in water and skin removed,1/2 teaspoon 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 tablespoons 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.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.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.Allow the Payasam mixture to cool till it reaches room temperature and then refrigerate for an hour.Meanwhile cut all the fruits in to small pieces and mix them together with honey. Refrigerate the mixed fruits for an hour.After an hour combine both Payasam and fruits together and serve the Chettinad Pazha Payasam immediately.Serve Chettinad Pazha Payasam as a dessert after a delicious meal of Chettinad Pattani Kurma, Chettinad Style Poondu Rasam and Steamed Rice.

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