Barley payasam | Barley Kheer-How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South india | Cooking Time: 15 to 20 min | To Serve: 4 | Type: Sweet, dessert, diwali special sweet, kheer, payasam

Ingredients

• Barley - 1 cup
• Milk - 2 cups
• Water – 1 cup [optional]
• Saffron – few
• Jaggery – ¾ cup
• Green cardamom powder - ½ tbsp
• Cashew nuts - 3
• Raisins - 6
• Pistachio - 4
• Ghee - 1 tbsp

Preparation

• Dry roast barley. Leave it for cool & put it in a blender coarsely grind. Then wash & soak for 2 hours.
• Heat pan with ghee then roast cashew nuts, raisins, & pistachio keep it aside.
• In the same pan add milk, water, barley & cook till soft [apr 15 to 20 min]. Then add saffron & jaggery mix well.
• Add ghee roasted cashew nut, raisins, & pistachio slices.
• Finally add cardamom powder mix well &cut off heat. Serve hot or cold.

How to make Barley payasam-Stepwise photos

Heat water, milk in a pan, add soaked barley, let it boil & cook till soft

Barley turned transparent & soft. Perfectly textured

Add saffron & let the milk reduces to half

Add jaggery

Add cardamom powder

Mix well & cut off heat

Barley payasam is ready-Add saffron, Pistachios

Garnish with raisins & cashews then serve hot or cold.