Pidi Payasam / Rice Dumplings and Banana Kheer

Pidi Payasam / Rice Dumplings and Banana Kheer is a delicious Malabar payasam preparation. Try this healthy kheer at home and i'm sure you will love it. If you are more health conscious; You can add jaggery instead of sugar used here.
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Ingredients:

1. Roasted rice flour- 1/4 cup


2. Water-1/4 cup


3. Salt-to taste


4. Kerala large ripe banana-2


5. Thin coconut milk-2 1/2 cups


6. Thick coconut milk-1 cup


7. Sugar-as per taste


8. Cardamom powder-1/2 tsp


9. Ghee-1 tsp

Preparation:

• Heat a pan with 1/4 cup of water and by adding salt.


• When it boils; make the flame to low and add roasted rice flour.


• Combine it well for two minutes and turn off heat.


• Transfer the mixture in to a plate and allow to cool little.


• Knead it in to a smooth dough while still hot.


• Now take tiny portions from the dough and make small oval shaped pearls out of it.


• Peel and chop the banana in to small pieces.


• In to a wide pan add the prepared rice pearls along with 2 1/2 cups of thin coconut milk.


• Cook for about 6 minutes until the rice pearls get cooked without mashing.


• Then add sugar and chopped banana pieces.


• Mix gently and cook for another 6 minutes or until banana pieces get cooked without mashing them.


• Then add the remaining 1 cup of thick coconut milk and cardamom powder.


• Add a teaspoon of ghee and turn off heat when it starts further boiling.


• Serve the payasam as warm or after cools down.