Parangikai Payasam Recipe - Pumpkin Payasam

Steps

1. 1To begin making Parangikai Payasam, first heat one and a half cup of milk in a heavy bottomed pan and add the grated pumpkin to it. Allow the pumpkin to cook in the milk for 2-3 minutes.
2. 2Add the almonds, cardamom, cashews and allow them to cook along with the pumpkin.
3. 3Continue to cook the pumpkin and milk mixture for another 10-15 minutes. Keep stirring in between.
4. 4Once the pumpkin becomes soft and is cooked, turn off the flame and allow it to cool.
5. 5After this mixture cools down, transfer it into a mixer-jar and grind into a fine paste.
6. 6Heat one cup of milk in a saucepan on medium heat, and add the ground pumpkin paste to it. Mix well and allow it to cook for for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally..
7. 7Once the milk and the pumpkin has come to a boil add jaggery and mix well.
8. 8Switch off the flame and stir until the jaggery is well dissolved. Stir it and then add raisins.
9. 9Garnish with almonds.
10. 10Serve Parangikai Payasam as a healthy and delicious dessert after a weekday meal of Kongunadu Special Thakkali Kurmawith lachha paratha.