Coconut Milk Payasam (Thenga pal payasam)

Ingredients:

• 1 coconut
• 1/2 sp rice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 sp cardamom powder
• 1/4 sp kesari colour optional

Method:

• Grate coconut and put that in a mixie with rice.
• Grind with some water.
• Strain and remove milk and keep aside.
• This the first and thick milk.
• Again put the coconut and pour 1 cup water and do the same.
• This is 2nd milk.
• Now in a deep pan pour the second milk and bring it to a boil.
• Add sugar mix well. add cardamom powder and kesari colour.
• Mix well and agin bring it to a boil.
• Add first milk and before it starts boiling remove from the stove.
• Add fried cashew nuts if you want.
• This is a very tasty and simple payasam . we call it as thenga pal payasam. You can add jaggery instead of sugar.
• Generally we prepare this on 1 st of Aadi month. And we give this payasam to our new son in law in a silver tumbler. This is very important to us.