Navara Rice Coconut Milk Payasam – Njavara Rice Cooking Recipes
Navara Rice Coconut Milk Payasam – Njavara Rice Cooking Recipes
Navara – Njavara is one of a unique rice variety cultivated in Kerala. It is believed to have medicinal properties to rectify the basic ailments affecting the respiratory, circulatory as well as the digestive system. Njavara Kizhi and the Navara Theppu treatments in Ayurveda make use of this nutritious Navara cereal. Njavara or Navara rice, coconut milk and jaggery are the essential ingredients used in this recipe.Have a look at the ingredients used and the method of preparation of Navara Rice Coconut Milk Payasam
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Navara Rice Coconut Milk Payasam Ingredients
- Njavara Rice – 250gm
- Jaggery – 750 gm
- Ghee – 1 table spoon
- Cardamom Powder – 1 tsp
- Cardamom Powder – 1 tsp
- Coconut flakes – 100 gm
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Method of preparation of Navara Rice Coconut Milk Payasam or Njavara Payasam
Coconut Milk Extraction: Scrape the coconuts.
- Mix the scraped coconut with 100 ml water and gently grind.
- Squeeze and extract the coconut milk. This is called the first milk.
- Further to the squeezed residual coconut scrape, add 400 ml water and grind again.
- Squeeze and extract the coconut milk. This one is called the second milk.
- Keep both milks separately for later use.
- Boil one liter of water, add rice to it and keep cooking till rice is soft and smooth.
- Add second coconut milk and stir continuously.
- Dissolve jaggery in 100 ml water and strain.
- While the rice is being cooked, add liquid jaggery , ghee and cardamom powder. Add the first milk and boil for a minute.
