Editors' Pick
East Indian Farina Hot Cereal (Payasam)
photo by loof751
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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1-2
ingredients
- 1 cup whole milk or 1 cup rice milk
- 1⁄3 cup farina (farina is also known as Cream of Wheat) or 1/3 cup brown rice meal (farina is also known as Cream of Wheat)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons butter (NOT margarine)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cardamom, to taste
- 1⁄2 tablespoon unbleached cane sugar, to taste
- 2 tablespoons raw pistachios, pieces chopped or 2 tablespoons raw almonds, chopped
- 2 tablespoons raisins
directions
- In saucepan bring milk to almost boil and stir in the cereal using a fork to break up the clumps. Stir in the salt.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 5 minutes for farina, 10 minutes for rice meal.
- In a small saute pan, melt the butter on medium heat and add the cardamon, cane sugar and raw nuts. Toast for about 2 minutes, being careful not to burn.
- Add the raisins to the butter mixture and heat through.
- Once the hot cereal is cooked, stir the cardamom/nut mixture into the cereal.
- Serve piping hot. Mmmm!
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Reviews
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This is wonderful!! I never thought to use cardamom in my farina, but it worked really well. I also used 1 can coconut milk and added water to bring it to the 3 cups needed for the liquids (made 3-6 servings[love that feature]). It's very creamy that way, just the way we love it. Very simple recipe with loads of flavor. Thanks!
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I made this for breakfast today. I must admit, I cut alot of corners. (I used margarine instead of butter and substituted equal parts of cinnamon and ground cloves for the cardamom, and I accidentally made the farina based on the box instructions in the microwave instead of making the thicker version posted here.) But it was good anyway. I definitely plan to make it again, maybe closer to the original recipe next time. Thanks!
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This is good and creamy. I loved the caramelized cardamomy nuts. It reminded me somewhat of Indian vermicelli pudding. I used Bob's Red Mill Brown rice cereal/meal to be gluten free as mentioned in the introduction. I liked how creamy it was. For the milk I used home-made almond milk to be dairy free, sea salt, freshly ground cardamom, sweet (unsalted) butter, brown sugar, raw pistachios & blanched slivered almonds, plus the rest of the raisins. Made for Veggie Swap #46 ~ May 2012 ~
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Tweaks
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I made this for breakfast today. I must admit, I cut alot of corners. (I used margarine instead of butter and substituted equal parts of cinnamon and ground cloves for the cardamom, and I accidentally made the farina based on the box instructions in the microwave instead of making the thicker version posted here.) But it was good anyway. I definitely plan to make it again, maybe closer to the original recipe next time. Thanks!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
COOKGIRl
United States