Sunday, 1 May 2011

PUMPKIN PAYASAM

I am posting a sweet dish of Kerala.
This happen to be my grandma's favourite.
Enjoy.



PUMPKIN PAYASAM

Ingredients
2 cups ripe pumpkin,cooked and mashed well, without lumps (like puree ).
300 grms grated jaggery more or less to your taste
25 grms fried raisins
25 grms fried cashew nuts
2 tbs honey
1 tsp cardamon powder
4 cups thin milk or more and 1 cup thick milk from 1 big coconut
2 tbs ghee
salt a pinch

Method:
Add a cup of water in jaggery and prepare a syrup.
In a pot, add the syrup ,thin milk and the mashed pumpkin and bring to boiling point
Reduce the heat, add the honey and ghee and cook till thick.
Add thick milk,cardamon powder and boil again once.
Serve decorated with fried raisins and cashew nuts.

Note: Reduce or increase the thin coconut milk,
According to the thickness of payasam want.

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