SIKAPPU ARISI PAAYASAM

Ingredients:
Sikapparisi[ puttarisi]- 1 cup
Milk- 1 cup
Coconut-1
Powdered jaggery- 3/4 cup
Cardamom powder- half sp
Saffron - a pinch [optional]
Cashew nuts and raisins fried in ghee.

Procedure:

Soak the rice in water for 2 hours.
Squeeze thick milk and thin milk from the coconut.
Then Pressure cook the rice with the milk and enough water.
When cooled, take it away.
In a big pan, prepare kambi paagu[ syrup with one thread consistency].
Then add the cooked rice and also the thin coconut milk.
Cook them for a few minutes.
Add the cardamom powder, saffron, cashew nuts, raisins and the thick coconut milk.
Cook the payasam for a few seconds.
Now the delicious sikapparisi payasam is ready!