Sago Payasam - Celebrating Tamil New Year and Vishu

Happiness is beyond nationality!
Happiness is beyond religion!
Happiness is beyond caste!
Happiness is beyond language!

I am happy to celebrate Tamil new year as well as Vishu this day :) After all you just need a reason to celebrate na!! :) :) :)

I am enjoying this day with a very simple yet versatile dessert. Colorful and fun to have :)

Ingredients:

Sago - 1 cup
Water - 3 cups
Sugar - as required
Milk - 1 cup
Cashews - few
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
and some creativity.. he he.. just kidding.. All kinds of squashes and fruit crushes you have :)

Method:

Cook 1 cup of sago using three cups of water on stove top. It will take around 15 mins. Once the sago is completely cooked (will become transparent) add sugar and mix till id dissolves.

Now in a pan, take a tsp of ghee and roast the cashews till they turn light brown. Add them to the sago payasam along with powdered cardamom. Add milk to the payasam only before serving.

Your base is done. :)

Now scratch your brain. Find all kinds of squashes, fruit crushes and syrups you have. Make the payasam flavorful :)

White - Plain payasam.

Brown - I added few tsp of chocolate syrup I had. Have you ever imagined a payasam in chocolate flavor. ;) Believe me, its terrific :)

Orange - Mixed few tsp of orange ready made kissan squash I had.

Yellow - Used mango pulp for flavoring.

Green - Combined few drops of pista syrup along with the payasam base.

Pink - Mixed few tsp of Hybiscus squash. :) (will post the recipe soon) You can substitute with rose milk essence.

Isn't that simple yet interesting!! :)

Serve it hot or cold. I prefer my dessert to be cold for this hot climate. :)

Happy making and Happy eating. :)

Note:

You can make similar styled dessert using vermicelli or any type of pasta for that matter.

You can use raspberry, strawberry, rose milk, badam essence, blueberry squash etc. Be versatile and freak out.

Enjoy the colors of life. :)

En Iniya Tamil Puthaandu Nalvalthukkal.

Happy Vishu to all :)

Sago payasam participates in Cooking with seeds even hosted by Niloufer of Kitchen Samraj. This event was started by our awesome blogger buddy Priya.

Written by: Nithya
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