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Payasam recipe
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Payasam recipe

11 ingredients 10 min + 40 min 8 people openrecipes

Payasam (sago) is an essential sweet dish at any Sri Lankan Tamil celebration or festival, including New Year and weddings.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

400
Calories
4g
Protein
27g
Fat
40g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Mung Bean not in our table 0
Ghee not in our table 0
Cashew Nut not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 0.74 green gram (dried mung beans)
  • tbsp tablespoon ghee, plus 1 tablespoon extra
  • 1 (7 oz/1 cup) sago (payasam)
  • 200 (1 oz) dried seviyan vermicelli noodles
  • g tablespoons roughly chopped raw cashew nuts
  • 30 tablespoon raisins
  • g pinch of salt
  • 2 (30 fl oz/3½ cups) coconut milk
  • 1 caster sugar
  • 1 ground cardamom
  • 875 (4 fl oz/½ cup) coconut cream

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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