Ingredients for Koottu Payasam:
1. Jackfruit florets (Varikka) – 10, well-ripened, chopped into small pieces
2. Jaggery – ½ kg, melted
3. Jackfruit seeds – 8, boiled and powdered
4. Brown payasam rice – A handful, cooked
5. Well-ripen papaya – 1, cooked and smashed
6. Coconut – 2, scrapped
7. Cardamom – 4
Dry ginger- 1 piece
Cumin seeds – ¼ small spoon
8. Ghee – 2 big spoons
9. Cashews – 10
Raisins – A handful
Coconut pieces – A handful
How to prepare Koottu Payasam?
1. Boil melted jaggery in an urli.
2. Add chopped jackfruit, powdered jackfruit seeds, cooked rice and papaya to the urli.
3. Keep sauting till contents are well fried.
4. Extract 2 cups of 1st extract coconut milk from the coconut and 4 cups of 2nd extract.
5. Add the second extract of coconut milk to the sauted contents.
6. Boil the contents till the water content is almost absorbed.
7. Add thick coconut milk and turn off the flame when the payasam heats well (never boil).
8. Heat ingredients no: 7, make a fine powder and add to payasam.
9. Fry ingredients no: 9 in ghee and decorate your payasam.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, September 1-14, 2019
Also read a few more payasam and pradhaman recipes. Here is the page link. Click on the images to read.
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