SHAVIGE PAYASA / VERMICELLI PUDDING

Shavige payasa or Vermicelli pudding is the easiest and quickest dessert one can make. This is the must and should sweet for all the festivals and ceremonies, be it naming ceremony, wedding, even for death anniversery and this is the first item to be served on the lower right corner of plantain leaf.

Ingredients:-

Shavige/ Vermicelli (broken)- 1 cup
Sugar- 1 cup
Water- 2 cups
Ghee-1 tbsp
Milk-1 cup(If thin consistency is needed, add more milk)
Cashew, raisins- 1tbsp
Cardmom pwdr- a pinch

Procedure:-

• Heat ghee in a sauce pan, fry cashews and raisins, remove them from ghee.
• In remaining ghee, fry vermicelli till they turn golden brown.
• Add water in a vessel, bring water to boil then add sugar.
• When sugar dissolves add vermicelli, cook till soft on medium heat.
• Add boiled milk, cardmom pwdr and cashew, raisins.
• Stir it well and remove from heat.

The picture below shows drying of raw vermicelli.