khus khus payasam (gagagase) with Billa Kudumu

Ingredients for the payasam:

• 1/2 cup fresh coconut
• 1 1/2 tbsp khus khus (gagagase)
• few cashew,few badam soaked in water (remove the skin from the badam)
• it comes out easily when soaked
• 1 generous pinch of kesari
• 3/4 lts or more milk
• 2 to 3 cardamoms powdered without peels (de-seed them and powder them with lill sugar and it comes fine

Directions:

• Grind coconut,badam cashew and khus khus adding a little water or milk
• In a thick bottom vessel add the ground paste and milk and mix well into a smooth consistency.(like how it is for dosa)
• Then put it on the gas and let it boil on medium for about 15 to 20 mins
• Now add the kesari and cardamom powder too
• After few mins reduce the flame and add the sugar
• Mix well and let it boil for some more time and remove from the fire
• This goes well with saarasthralu.billa kuddumu and a good drink by itsel

Ingredients for the Billa Kudumu:

• 2 tbsp of Ghee
• half a tsp of Mustard
• half a tsp of Jeera
• half a tsp Ground pepper
• 2 1/2 cups of water
• 1 cup Rice Rawa
• half a cup of coconut

Directions:

• In a cooker, heat ghee and oil, add mustard, jeera, coarsely ground pepper, curry leaves and fry. Remove this seasoning and keep aside.
• Now add 2 1/2 cups of water, salt and bring to boil.
• In the meanwhile, dry fry 1 cup of rice rawa lightly.
• When the water starts to boil, add the seasoning, grated coconut and rawa.
• Mix well, cover with the cooker lid inverted and simmer for about 15 minutes. (Optional - you can add 2 tsps of bengal gram dhal soaked in water for 15 minutes.)
• Remove lid, mix well and put off flame.. Make balls of the mixture, flatten it and steam for about 10 minutes.
• Serve this with coconut chutney and payasam which you have already made