Non sticky Payasam

Being THE mom of my mini Tsunami..(it rhymes with Omy), I try to do everything possible to calm him off before the violent waves  crash onto shore. 

Some days the sea is so silent, I feel there is no other sweetheart like him, and the next day he becomes impulsive. His anger often leads to intense fury and rage. He picks up his toys to throw at me. I run for my life! Sometimes I overreact and yell at him. But later after all the wave effect I realize my yelling is only teaching him to do the same.  I am happy in a way that he is expressing it and not suppressing it to emerge later with double effects. So now along with the efforts to tackle his anger, I also seek ways to not ignite any spark to fire his terror engine. 

Some days back we had our friends come over for dinner. I just finished making ada payasam (Kheer with flakes of cooked rice) and couldn't resist sharing a cup with Omy. 

He loved the taste but was not able to enjoy as the drops soaked his shirt and made it sticky. My tsunami radar picked up signals fast enough that i took the cup away from him and changed his shirt in a second. Everything was back to normal. Else the stickiness would have paved a way for frustration and I would have seen payasam all over my floor. But, I agree with him, the sugar makes the milk sticky and what if it sticks to your dry skin? 

Later that day while I was arranging my kitchen cabinets I found an old pack of gelatin. Thus the idea and solution for a non sticky dessert for Omy emerged. 

I don't have a good recipe for ada payasam as I made it with 'Double horse payasam mix'. One of the best one ready in minutes. You need to add only milk and boil it for 30 minutes and you have a yummy payasam on the table.

The idea of freezing it doesn't work as it becomes so hard and by the the time we wait for it to thaw it regains the stickiness. So add Gelatin.

Mix 1 tbsp gelatin in 1/2 cup water.
Mixed it with 2 cups payasam
layer  some raisins on the bottom of mini cups and pour the payasam.

keep it in the fridge for like 2 hours(There is no need to freeze).

Later, scoop out the payasam from the cups and there you have solid, soft and non sticky payasam.

Its also a wonderful dessert presentation.
Most of the times our guest will not have space for dessert, so this one will serve as a mini yet tasty and superbly appealing dessert.


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