Saturday, November 23, 2013

Gothambha Paayasam


Ingredients
  1. Skinless Wheat/Kuthiya gothambham/Broken Wheat / Cracked Wheat - 1 cup
  2. Water - 4-5  cups (or 3 1/2 cups of third extract of coconut milk + 1 cup of water )
  3. Jaggery - 3/4 Kg - 1 Kg
  4. Water - 1/2 cup
  5. Thick coconut milk - 1 cup
  6. Second extract of coconut milk - 3 1/2 cups
  7. Cardamom crushed and powdered - 3-4 
  8. Dry ginger powder - 1/2 Tsp
  9. Cumin powder - 1/4 Tsp
  10. Ghee - 1 Tbsp
  11. Cashew nuts - 10
  12. Raisins - 10
Curious about how it looks like? I dont know what it is exactly called in English.




Preparation
  • Clean and pressure cook the broken wheat either with 4 -5 cups of water or with both water and third extract of coconut milk to 6-8 whistles. (Refer Notes).
  • In another bowl melt jaggery with 1/2 cup of water. Strain the melted jaggery .
  • Reduce the flame of the pressure cooker. Now slowly pour the melted jaggery to this. Also add the second extract of coconut milk to it and boil.
  • When it boils add crushed and powdered cardamom.Stir well  and after 5 minutes, add thick coconut milk. Heat for few minutes. (Do not let it boil). (Refer notes)
  • Remove it from fire. Add dry ginger powder and mix well.
  • In a pan, heat ghee, fry cashew nuts and raisins, off the flame and add cumin powder. 
  • Immediately pour this along with the ghee to the hot paayasam. Keep it unstirred for  about 10 minutes and then mix it well.
  • Serve hot.



Notes
  • Pressure cook broken wheat for 6 - 8 whistles. I cooked on high flame for 5 whistles, checked if cooked, and cooked on low flame for 3 whistles. If water is absorbed, do add boiling water to it. Never add normal or cold water as the cooked wheat might become hard. 
  • The colour of the paayasam depends on the type of jaggery you use.
  • If you boil the paayasam after adding the thick coconut milk, it ends to curdle.
  • The paayasam tends to thicken when it cools. If it is too thick you can add warm milk.
  • Don't fry the cumin powder as it will give a different taste to the paayasam.


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9 comments:

  1. the payasam looks so tempting... do come by my blog when u find some time... :)

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  2. Very delicious and yummy payasam.

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  3. Love the color of the payasam. Never tried a recipe of thiskind. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. stunning clicks dear :) very very delicious and festive payasam :) looks fantastic !!

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  5. I had made this in the past and it didn't come out good. But I had tasted it and its very yummy (made by someone else :) ). Loved the color of your payasam. I will definitely try your recipe!! Thanks for sharing the recipe and the tips!!!

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  6. Oh,Thank you so much Shibi.. yes these are some recipes...which will take us back to lo of memmories.. childhood ones...Do give me a review.. after you try it out..any time..

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