SAMAI PAL PAYASAM / SMALL MILLET MILK KHEER

Small millet/ samai  belongs to the famous millet family. small millet can be cooked as much as like rice, they can be steam cooked or pressure cooked. They contains nutrients like Zinc, magnesium, vitamins,potassium,folic acids, iron and calcium.I love cooking with millets I replace rice completely with millets.With this small millet/ samai I have preapared pal payasam.

I have posted a recipe with another millet variety,Barnyard millet/ kuthiraivali sarkkarai pongal. Check out that also.

INGREDIENTS

Samai rice / small millet                                             - 1 cup

Concentrated milk (or) full                                        -2 cups

Sugar                                                                                     - 2 cups

Cardamom powder                                                   - ½ tsp

METHOD

Wash the rice well, add 2 cups of milk and ½ cup of water and pressure cook.

Add the remaining  milk , sugar and boil well in a simmer flame for 20 minutes till it becomes thick and becomes light golden colour.

 Add powdered cardamom and remove from fire.

NOTES   

                         

  Make sure the milk rice mixture should at the bottom or atleast half of the cooker else it will overflow while cooking.

The more time you cook in low flame the payasam gets the flavour of rice and colour.

This payasam tastes delicious with the full flavour of milk and rice. And without any garnish.