GOTHAMBA PRADHAMAN / Broken Wheat Payasam

It will be good to take this steaming porridge,
for tea, when it is a very cold evening.



GOTHAMBA PRADHAMAN

In Malaysia we will call it bubur gandum.
In Kerala it is a paayasam.

Ingredients:

1 cup cracked wheat
4 tbs ghee
2 cups brown sugar make into a thick syrup
6 cups coconut milk
1 tsp cardamom powder
A pinch of ginger powder

Method:

Wash the wheat and drain.
Heat 2 tbs of ghee in a pot and toast the wheat for 2 to 3 minutes.
Stir in 1 cup of water and bring it to a boil.
Stir periodically to make sure that the grains do not stick to the pot.

Simmer until the wheat is well cooked.
Add in the brown sugar syrup, stir well.
Add in the coconut milk and cook over a very slow flame.
Boiling will result in curdling of coconut milk.

Once the coconut milk has thickned, sprinkle the cardamom
powder and ginger powder and the remaining ghee.
Stir gently and remove.
Keep the pot covered otherwise the coconut milk
will form a skin on the top. Serve it warm or cold.