It is a wholesome food item with high nutritional value.
Beaten Rice Payasam
Ingredients: Thick beaten rice — ¾ cup, sugar — ½ cup, milk — 3 cups, cardamom powder — 1 teaspoon, ghee — 2 teaspoons, saffron colour — a pinch, cashew and dry grapes — a fistful, (roasted in ghee)
Method: Soak the thick beaten rice in water for 20 minutes and strain. Boil the milk and add sugar and strained beaten rice and cook for a while. Add the ghee, saffron,cardamom powder and roasted nuts. For extra taste, you can add a cup of thick coconut milk or 50 grams of khova or 50 grams of paste of cashew nuts.
Beaten Rice Cutlet
Ingredients: Beaten rice soaked and strained — 2 cups, besan (gram flour) — 2 teaspoons, chilli powder — ½ teaspoon, garam masala — powder — ¼ teaspoon, salt to taste, finely-chopped onion — ½ cup, finely-chopped coriander — ¼ cup, finely-chopped green chillies —2 teaspoons, boiled, peeled and smashed potato — 2 nos, ginger-garlic paste — 1 teaspoon, oil for deep frying.
Method: Add all the above-mentioned ingredients in a mixing bowl (except oil). Mix this into a hard dough without water. Gently pat small portions of this dough on a thick plastic sheet and deep fry in hot oil on a low flame till they turn golden brown. You could also shallow fry the dough.
Beaten Rice Delite
Ingredients: Soaked and strained beaten rice — 1 cup, jaggery 1 cup, coconut — ¾ cup, cardamom powder —1 teaspoon, cashew-25 grams.
Method: Mix all the ingredients into a medium-tight dough. If required, add corn flour or rice flour. Heat oil and add a portion of the mix and fry till it turns golden brown in colour.
