Kerala Style Jackfruit Payasam Recipe.

Ingredients

• Raw jack fruit -2 cup
• Jaggery – 250 grm
• Saga rice – 2 tbsp
• Grated coconut -1 cup
• Cardamom- 3 pods
• Cumin seed – 1 tsp
• Ground nut – 2 tbsp
• Dry raisins – 2 tbsp
• Cashew nut-2 tbsp
• Ghee – 5 tbsp

Method

• Boil water and jaggery in a pan ,heat until the jaggery melts,then filter and set aside.
• Then chop jackfruit pods into small pieces and set a side.
• Heat water in a pan add saga rice and cook well then set aside.
• Take a large bowl add grated coconut and water ,squeeze with hands and stained ,then set a side (
  thick coconut milk )
• Then we have to add water into the squeezed coconut ,second extract coconut milk in the same
  manner as mentioned above ( thin coconut milk)
• Then we have to crush cardamom and cumin seed and set a side.
• Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan add ground nut and fry, drain and set a side .
• Again we add raisins in to the pan fry ,drain and keep aside.
• Then we have to add cashew nut and set a side.
• Add more ghee into the same pan add chopped jack fruit and saute for some minutes.
• Add jaggery water , mix and cook for 7 to 8 minutes.
• The we have to add boiled saga rice and mix well.
• Now we add thin coconut milk and bay leaves cook for 6 to 7 minutes.
• Add crushed cardamom,cumin seed powder and ginger powder
• Add half cup of thick coconut milk ,fried ground nut, cashew nut and raisins.mix well.
• Again we add another half of coconut milk and mix and cook for 5 to 6 minutes.
• Remove from fire and set a side.
• Serve and enjoy the taste of kerala style jackfruit payasam.