Semiya Payasam (Desert made with Vermicelli )
Author Notes: Traditional South Indian recipe - pauljoseph
Serves 2
- Ghee : 3 tsp
- Semiya( Vermicelli) : ½ cup
- Milk : 3 cup
- Sugar : ½ cup
- Raisinn : few
- Broken raw Cashew : few
- Cardamom : 2 nos
- In a pan heat 2 tsp of ghee and fry the Vermicelli lightly browned . Set aside.
- In a separate pan bring the milk and 1 cup water to boil. Add the fried pasta and continue boiling for 5 min. Add the sugar and simmer, stirring frequency to prevent the semiya from sticking to the bottom ( 20 to 25 min ) the mixture is done when it reach the consistency of heavy cream.
- Fry the raisin and cashew nuts in the remaining 2 tsp ghee until lightly browned. Add these and the cardamom to the milk , stir and remove from the heat.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pudding
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Non-Pie Thanksgiving Dessert
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over 2 years ago luvcookbooks
Meg is a trusted home cook.
this dish was immortalized by mfkfisher in the art of eating
always have wanted the recipe
thanks, pauljoseph
you're the best!
over 2 years ago pauljoseph
luvcookbooks "I can't thank you enough". I suppose to say thank you in tons