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Banana Payasam Recipe For Onam Sadya

Banana Payasam Recipe For Onam Sadya

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Banana Payasam
Recipe For Onam Sadya

45 mins
Cooking Time
Easy
Difficulty
10
Ingredients
Veg + Dairy
Diet
Few desserts marry tradition with taste with the same finesse as Banana Payasam. Also known as Pazham Payasam or Pazham Pradhaman, it’s a Kerala-style kheer made with coconut milk and jaggery. The secret to a great Pazham Pradhaman is using ripe or overripe bananas of the Nendran variety. For vegan diets, you can swap ghee with vegan butter or coconut oil.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients
2Bananas (Nendran variety)
¾ cupJaggery (grated)
2 tbspChopped coconut
2 tbspGhee
¼ cupWater
1 cupThin coconut milk
½ cupThick coconut milk
½ tspCardamom powder
½ tspDry ginger
10Cashews
10Raisins

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Directions

Description - Step 1

Step 1: Prepare the banana base

Peel and chop the bananas. Heat the ghee in a deep cooking pot or kadai. Add chopped bananas to the ghee and sautè for 2 minutes. If required, add water and cover to let the bananas cook. Once the bananas turn soft or tender, mash them with a spatula or potato masher.

Description - Step 2

Step 2: Making the varatti (caramelizing with jaggery)

In the same pan, add crushed jaggery. Cook the jaggery and mashed banana till the mixture thickens and starts caramelising. Add in a little ghee, if required. Continue cooking until a jam-like consistency is formed. 

 

Description - Step 3

Step 3: Add in coconut milk

Once the banana-jaggery mixture thickens, add in thin coconut milk and cook for 5-10 minutes. Make sure the milk mixes with the banana, and the mixture cooks and thickens. Once the mixture (kheer) starts bubbling, add the cardamom and dry ginger powder and mix for a minute. Lastly, add the thick coconut milk and mix it all together. Switch off the flame.

 

Description - Step 4

Step 4: Prepare the garnish

In a small pan, heat ghee. Add in chopped coconuts, cashews, and raisins, and roast until they turn golden brown. Pour the fried/roasted mix into the payasam and mix it all. Serve hot.

Step 1
Step 1: Prepare the banana base
7-10 minutes
Step 2
Step 2: Making the varatti (caramelizing with jaggery)
10 Minutes
Step 3
Step 3: Add in coconut milk
10 Minutes
Step 4
Step 4: Prepare the garnish
5-7 minutes

Plate it up!

Plating Instructions

Plating Instructions

Pour into a small, deep bowl and place on a banana leaf, if serving as part of Onam Sadya.

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Pairing Instructions

Pairing Instructions

Apart from serving in Sadya, payasam pairs well with biryani, appam, and/or hot coffee.

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Garnishing Instructions

Garnishing Instructions

Top with thinly sliced coconut or roasted cashews.

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