Payasam is like a sweet spaghetti soup. The ingredients for this dish include vermicelli (very fine strands that look like pasta), milk, butter, elachi, sugar, ada (rice), cardamom, and garnished with raisins, cashews, and sometimes carrots. This amazing Kerala desert is very commonly made in Kerala households and is easily available in restaurants. It is a staple in the Onasadhya- a meal had on banana leaf on Onam day.