🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Bajra Payasam

Name: Bajra Payasam
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Ghee; 3 cups Milk; 1/2 cup Jaggery; 3, crushed Green Cardamom; 1/2 cup Pearl Millet (Bajra)

🇮🇳 Indian

Millets are having their comeback and bajra payasam shows why — nutty, sustaining, and older than memory. Gives you a proper meal in 35 minutes.

Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Serves 3 Easy

Ingredients

Ghee2 tbsp
Milk3 cups
Jaggery1/2 cup
Green Cardamom3, crushed
Pearl Millet (Bajra)1/2 cup

Optional extras

Cashews2 tbsp

Instructions

1
Roast the millet in ghee until toasty.
2
Simmer in milk until soft and the milk thickens around it, 20-25 minutes.
3
Melt the jaggery through off the boil, then finish with cardamom and fried cashews.
4
Serve warm — millet payasam is the old-festival version of comfort.

Chef's tip

Hot water and patience — millet dough and batter both punish haste.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Bajra Kheer recipe | Healthy bajre ki kheer| sajjala Payasam #bajrekikheer #sajjalapayasam · on YouTube