Appe Payasa Recipe - Poori Payasam

Step 1: To begin making the Appe Payasa recipe, we will first make the appe for the payasa

Step 2: To make the appe In a mixing bowl, combine the rava, ghee and mix them together

Step 3: Add water little by little to knead into a dough

Step 4: Leave the dough

Step 5: Let it rest for an hour

Step 6: After the resting time, take a handful of the dough and roll into a large flat circle of 1 mm thickness

Step 7: Cut dough into small circle similar to pooris, using a cookie cutter or the lid of a small dabba

Step 8: In a small kadai, add oil and heat it over medium flame

Step 9: Once the oil is hot, add bite sized flattened dough and fry till they become golden and crispy

Step 10: Place the fried appe in a paper towel and drain the excess oil

Step 11: Repeat the same for all the rolled dough

Step 12: To make the payasa In a saucepan, add milk and boil over medium flame

Step 13: Cook until the milk reduces to its half it's quantity

Step 14: Now, once the milk becomes thick, add fried appe to the milk and cook until appe soaks the milk in

Step 15: The cooked appe will float on the top and becomes soft

Step 16: Add sugar to the payasam and cook until the sugar dissolves completely into it

Step 17: Add cardamom powder, nutmeg powder to the payasa

Step 18: In a small bowl, add saffron to a tablespoon of warm water

Step 19: Add saffron water to the payasa

Step 20: Once the payasa becomes thick, switch off the flame

Step 21: One can adjust the consistency of the payasa according to their wish

Step 22: If the payasa looks thick, add warm milk to it

Step 23: Add the chopped almonds, fried cashews and pistachios to the kheer

Step 24: Serve Appe Payasam warm

Step 25: Serve Appe Payasa during festivals or as a dessert after your meal of Mixed Vegetable Sambar, Beetroot Poriyaland Steamed Rice