Gothambu Payasam / Broken Wheat Payasam Recipe
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Gothambu Payasam / Broken Wheat Payasam
Ingredients:
- Broken wheat / Nurukku gothambu / Sooji gothambu -1 cup
- Jaggery / Sharkara - 400 gms
- Water - 1 cup
- Thick (first extract) coconut milk - 2 cups
- Medium thick (second extract) coconut milk -– 4 cups
- Thin (third extract) coconut milk - 5 cups
- Cardamom Powder - ½ tsp
- Roasted cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
- Dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp
- Ghee - 1tbsp
- Cashew nuts - 25nos
- Raisins - 2 tbsp
Method:
Pressure cook cleaned broken wheat with 5 cups of thin (third extract) coconut milk for 10 minutes on low flame.
Melt jaggery with 1 cup water. Strain the melted jaggery and mix with cooked wheat. Cook this mixture till it reaches a thick consistency.
Add medium thick (second extract) coconut milk and cook on low heat.
When it starts thickening add the thick (first extract) coconut milk, cardamom powder, cumin powder and dry ginger powder and cook on a low flame for 5 more minutes and remove from fire.
Heat 1 tbsp ghee and fry cashew nuts and raisins separately till golden brown and pour it along with the remaining ghee over the payasam.
Serve warm.
Notes:
I used coconut milk powder, to make a cup of thick coconut milk, add 4tbsp of coconut milk powder to a cup of warm water.
Payasam tends to thicken as it cools down. If so dilute it with warm coconut milk.
Sending this to Kerala Kitchen hosted by Divya.