Njavara is a medicinal rice consumed as a porridge by adding specific spices and eaten during their month of Karkkidagam / Aadi masam. ....If you don't like the porridge form. ....you can have sweet diet version .....
Step 1
Njavara Rice - 1 cup
Water - 4 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Step 2
Milk - 2 cup
Sugar - 5 to 6 tbsp
Cardamom - 6 (seed and skin)
Method
Cook the ingredients in step 1 in a pressure cooker for 5 whistle. When the pressure is gone, open the cooker and add milk and sugar and keep stirring until you get a consistency as seen in the second picture. Add powdered cardamom and serve hot, warm or cold. By the time i had finished taking the picture, the payasam was cold and jelly like and could be had in one go. Get back to me if you have any doubt.
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