Starting the Onam Recipes - Pumpkin Payasam

First one is a sweet. A Payasam/Kheer/Pudding

Ingredients :

Red (Ripe)Pumpkin	1 Kg.
Jaggery	1 Kg.
Grated Coconut	3 Nos.
Cardamom Powder	½ Tea spoon
Cashew Nuts	50 g.
Raisins	50 g.
Ghee	50 g.

Method :

-          Remove the skin and seeds from the pumpkin.

-          Cut and make small pieces and cook well in a pressure cooker.

-          Boil and make a jaggery syrup in ½ liter water.

-          Add 1 glass warm water to the grated coconut and extract

the first milk, repeat the process to get the second milk and third milk.

-          Add the jaggery syrup and ½ portion of ghee to the cooked pumpkin and cook

and make to a thick/semi solid consistency.

-          Add the third milk. When it boils, add the second milk.

-          When it start boiling again, add the first milk and remove from the stove

immediately.

-          Fry the cashew nuts and raisins in the balance ghee and add to the payasam.