Gasa Gasa Payasam Recipe
A delicious pudding made with white poppy seeds and coconut. Can be served either warm or cold.
Servings: 500 ml
Ingredients
- Gasa Gasa/ Khus Khus/ White poppy seeds 1/4 c
- Freshly grated coconut 1/4 c
- Milk 3/4 c boiled previously
- Sugar 3/4 c
- Ghee/ clarified butter 4 tbsp
- Cashews 1 tbsp broken
- Raisins 1 tbsp
- Cardamom powder 1 tsp
Instructions
- Dry roast poppy seeds on a pan until aromatic. I forgot to take a picture of this step. Kindly excuse.
- Soak the poppy seeds in 1/2 c warm water for an hour and a half.
- Once done, drain the seeds using a strainer and add this to a blender along with the coconut.
- Now pulse the mixture once or twice in the mixer to break down the bits of coconut.
- You can skip this if you are using grated coconut.
- Add about 2 tbsp of milk to this and grind to a fine paste.
- Once done, set aside.
- Heat a pan with 2 tbsp ghee.
- To this add the cardamom powder.
- Immediately stir in the ground paste.
- Mix well.Reduce the flame to a medium low and cook the paste till all the ghee is absorbed and the mixture starts to leave from the sides.
- Now, to this add the sugar and mix well.
- You will find that the mixture becomes a liquid.
- Continue to cook the paste until slightly thick. Takes about 5 mins.
- Once thick, add the milk and mix well.
- Simmer for 5 more mins.
- Switch off flame.
- Heat the remaining ghee in a pan and roast the cashews until golden. Drain and add to the payasam.
- Now add raisins to the same ghee and fry till they fluff up.
- Immediately add this to the payasam along with the ghee.
- Mix well.
- Let it cool completely.
- Stick the payasam in the fridge for an hour or so.
- Serve cold.
Notes
1. You can substitute sugar with jaggery for a different flavor. Because i did not have jaggery, i used sugar.
2. Use full fat milk for best results.
3. I dont know how to grate a coconut really. So i generally scrape out bits and pulse it down in a mixer. If you are like me, you would require about 1/2 of a small coconut.
2. Use full fat milk for best results.
3. I dont know how to grate a coconut really. So i generally scrape out bits and pulse it down in a mixer. If you are like me, you would require about 1/2 of a small coconut.
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Disclaimer
Nutrition values are provided here as a courtesy and are only a rough guide. Please consult a health care provider if you have any concerns.
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