Gothambu (broken wheat) Payasam

Ingredients

Gothambu/broken wheat – 1 cup

Jaggery – 1 ½ cups, grated

Cardamom – 4 crushed

Medium thick coconut milk – 1 ½ cups

Thick coconut milk – 1 cup

Ghee – 2 tablespoons

Cashew nuts & Raisins – as required.

Water – 3 cups (to cook broken wheat)

 

Method

Pressure cook broken wheat up to 6 whistles and simmer the fire for 10 minutes. Melt the jaggery in a little water and allow it to cool. Strain the melted jaggery. Mix the melted jaggery to the cooked broken wheat. Add the crushed cardamom. Cook it in very low fire. Now add the thin coconut milk. Boil until it gets a medium thick consistency. Add the thick coconut milk and boil for 2-3 minutes.

Fry cashew nuts & raisins in ghee and pour on to the payasam. The delicious payasam is ready to serve.

“I have used only cashew nuts in my payasam. You can also fry coconut pieces in ghee and mix in the payasam.”