BM # 74: Week 2, Day 2
Theme : Are you pudding me?
Recipe: Chia cardamom pudding
My neighbor mentioned making chia payasam for her son with all Indian flavors. She cooks chia in milk over stove top with a pinch of cardamom and sugar. Then she decorates it with cashews and raisins roasted in ghee. When you top off with saffron strands, you have a great pudding style payasam.
I liked the idea and so made something similar except that I went for the overnight refrigeration method. I skipped roasting the nuts as well since I had this for breakfast. Chia gives you the perfect pudding texture without much effort from our end ;-).
Enjoy this simple recipe that makes breakfast an extremely easy affair!
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cups chia seeds
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon of sugar(or more per taste)
- A good pinch of cardamom powder
- Few strands of saffron
Method:
- Mix the chia with milk, sugar and cardamom powder until no pumps remain. Add the saffron as well.
- Refrigerate overnight. Serve chilled or you can microwave it for 30 seconds before serving. Decorate with saffron strands and some nuts and dry fruits.
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I love it too as it makes a great fuss-free breakfast.
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Very interesting pudding Rajani. Never tried chia seeds in Indian dishes.
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Where did you buy those glasses from?
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Hi Rads, Those are Moroccan tea glasses. I got it from Christmas tree shop for a dollar each. It was a lucky find 😊
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Those glasses are gorgeous! I love the idea of meking “kheer” with chia pudding! I might have to steal this recipe! Yum!
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Beautifully presented and photographed Rajani. Overnight chia pudding is on my list. You are tempting me to do it tonight.
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Chia cardamom pudding looking awesome! Nice attractive glass.
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OMG! Those glasses look stunning and the chia pudding is very tempting.
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this pudding photographs so well especially in those glasses
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Wow, catchy glasses Rajani, and that pudding tempts me a lot, irresistible pudding definitely.
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I have been seeing chia pudding a lot now a days, yours look absolutely delicious and so easy to make.Love the pics and the glassware you served
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Oh those glasses! Looks like dream…even I had planned some elaborate Chia pudding but never came around making it…this one should be perfect to get a headstart on using chia seeds.
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