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Pysam / payasam recipe (Fiji Indian)

Ingredients:
1 cup mung dhal
2 grated coconuts or 2 cups of tinned coconut milk
2 tinned condensed milk (nestle)
2 tinned anchor carnation milk
2 litre liquid milk
Raisins / sultana
Badam / almonds shredded
1/2 cup Sago/ sabudana
powdered ginger 1tsp
powdered elachi 1tsp
4 tbsp Ghee
3/4 cup powdered milk

Method:
1. Check to see that there are no stones in the mungh dhal, wash it clean and drain out all
water.
2. Heat ghee in a pot and fry the washed mungh dhal.
3. Drain out any excess ghee and add 2 cups of water to the pot of dhal and boil it.
4. Add 1 cup of water to the grated coconut flesh and Squeeze out the milk. Strain the milk
and pour it in the boiling dhal.
5. When coconut milk starts to soak, add the liquid milk and raisins.
6. Pour the 3/4 cup of powdered milk to the boiling mixture.
7. When dhal is tender and dissolved well, add carnation milk and keep stirring
8. Wash sabudana/sago and add it to the boiling mixture.
9. Add condensed milk while stirring.
10. Add elachi powder, ginger powder, shredded Badam/almonds, mix this well for 2 minutes
and take it off the heat (If the mixture is very thick, add more liquid milk and simmer for
few seconds).
Note:
1. Keep stirring in the last few steps (steps 7 onwards) otherwise it will start burning.

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