Kerala desert (payasam)
Last year, when we went to Kerala, we had a desert called payasam (sorry if I misspelled it). It was vermicelli cooked in a nice sweet cream sauce. I think it had some cashew nuts in it as well, can't remember exactly, but I do remember it was delicious!
Can I find that here in Doha? If so, where?
You seriously overestimated my culinary skills. I followed the recipe to the tee and it didn't turn out nice :(
LOL
it is also called as sheer khurma
its is seviyan kheer..payasam is a local name in kerala in malayalam
So... is it kheer or payasam? I mean, are they exactly the same desert?
Recipe for Vermicelli Kheer
Ingredients
Cut vermicelli 1/2 cup
1% milk 1/2 gallon
Pure Ghee 4 tbsp.
Sugar 1 cup
Cardamom powder 1 tsp.
Cashews (whole) 4-6
Raisins 4-6
Take a pan, add ghee and fry cut vermicelli until golden brown.
Add 2 cups of milk and let the vermicelli cook. Add remaining milk, and let it simmer on medium heat until the milk starts to condense.
Add sugar and keep stirring on low heat.
Add powdered cardamom.
Fry the cashews and raisins in a separate pan with ghee until golden brown.
Add to the above and stir well.
Serve.
Its called kheer.....and congrats you got the ingredients correct...lol
And its prepared by all Indian, Nepali, Pakistani & Afghani families, especially during Eid.
I wonder if Kheer is also common among arabs?
Indian Veg Restaurants like Aryas, Bharat & Shalimar make kheer but on different days they make different kheer eg sunday - vermicily kheer, monday-rice kheer, tuesday-something else...etc. So you have to make sure that they have the "Vermicili-Kheer" on their menu-for-the-day.
Me don't cook ;)
Thanks for all the names of the hotels, I appreciate it.
Why don't u make it yourself at home ? It's one of the easiest desserts that u would find on earth.
its very simple recipe to make..if u want i can send it you...its really very easy...just takes about less then 15mts to make..
Fatcat....the easiest way would be to ask any Indian, Nepali, Pakistani or Afghani family to make it for you.
Its tastes best when it has that Ghee-like flavour and smell.
You could get it also in Prestige Restaurant, Airport road, Famous Restaurant (Najma) etc but next week during Onam (Probably you will find a lot of ads in newspapers when they serve onam feast...)
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you could find this in Hotel Bharat & Shalimar, both are near crazy signal.
Try Aryaas, but i guess they serve payasam as a side dish. But still you can try in there.
AL Meera Consumer Society, area name is Mansoura, Near muntaza plaza hotel. try reaching najma (hot bread bakery / Gulf cinema), somebody should help you out from there...
http://wikimapia.org/4841100/Aryaas-Restaurant-Doha
Proposers, I'd love to try them. I just need to know where exactly to go! If just anyone could help...
It's Kerala festive season agaon (Onam) when many restaurants will offer special feast, served on banana leaves. This normally contains a veriety of Payasams, very delicious. Try it out...
Names and directions, please...
you can any of the Indian Hotels and will find out...