Arisi Thengai Payasam | Rice & Coconut Vegan Kheer

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Arisi thengai payasam, a delicious vegan kheer made with rice and coconut. A simple to make kheer that gets ready in minutes.

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Payasam | Kheer

Payasam, a south-indian feast is incomplete without this king. The first dish served on the banana leaf is payasam on the right hand corner, symbolizing a sweet beginning.

Payasam, or paayasam is a milk based dessert, made in every Indian Kitchen. We never need an occasion to make kheer. Like at my mom's place, she makes kheer/payasam every Friday as an offering after her pooja. Some like me make kheer just to exhaust extra milk. We don't need any specific festivity to make kheer, but if there is a festival we make more than just kheer. 

Paal payasam or milk kheer is the most made payasam in many house-hold. The same paal payasam when made with vermicelli becomes, semiya|vermicelli payasam and Aval payasam when made with poha.

Vegan Kheer | Vegan Payasam

Vegan kheer is not recently invented. Like today's post, the arisi thengai payasam aka Rice & coconut kheer uses absolutely no milk, not even vegan milk. We have lots of kheer recipes that uses coconut milk.

Most of the jaggery based kheer recipes use coconut milk, as there is a very good chance of curdling if regular milk is used. Like this Red aval payasam, made with red rice flakes and delicious coconut milk and sweetened with jaggery.

Paal kozhukattai, a delicious kheer made of coconut milk and rice balls cooked in jaggery. This payasam is my all time favorite and is made during Garuda panchami. So, if somebody says vegan payasam, please be assured we have been making it for so long.

I served this delicious vegan arisi thengai payasam as part of our Aadi velli lunch. The simple thali contains

• Peerkangai peel thogayal
• jeera rasam
• Thengai arisi payasam/kheer
• Urad dal bonda
• Banana stem & coconut curry
• Steaming hot rice

Ingredients

• Rice, is used as the thickening agent in this kheer, i have used normal raw rice.
• Coconut, freshly grated coconut meat is used for the kheer.
• Jaggery, the sweetener, I have used organic jaggery powder for dhatu organics
• Cardamom and clove are used as flavoring agents in the recipe
• Roasted cashewnuts for garnish.

Step by Step Instructions on how to make Arisi Thengai Payasam

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

• Soak rice for 30 minutes. Once done, drain and grind it together with coconut, cardamom & clove and few nuts to a fine paste.

• Boil water, add the ground paste to it and let it cook well. Once cooked, add jaggery. Let it boil and adjust consistency.
• Finally add roasted cashewnuts, remove from heat and serve warm.

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Enjoy this wholesome arisi thengai payasam warm. The coconut used in the kheer adds richness to the kheer and makes up to the creaminess that comes from milk. Try this delicious vegan kheer and you will be surprised how you didn't miss milk at all in the payasam.

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