Coorgi Payasam

Rice pudding in coconut milk — Coorgi's aromatic Jeerige (Kaima) short-grain rice cooked slowly in fresh coconut milk with jaggery and cardamom until thick and creamy. The jaggery gives a darker, more caramel-like sweetness than sugar-based payasam, and the local rice's natural fragrance gives this pudding a distinctive floral note. Made at every festival and feast.