White sauce pasta is extremely easy to make.Whenever make pasta,try use durum wheat pasta. Durum wheat is a variety of wheat which has higher protein and gluten content. However you can use any pasta according to your preference.
This is a simple and tasty desert which can be prepared at any special occasions.In this recipe, I have added a special ingredient- condensed milk. Adding condensed milk is completely optional, but this will definitely give an awesome taste to your payasam.
I have cooked the wheat in pressure cooker. Make sure that the wheat is cooked very well. There is no need to drain the excess water, if any.
Ingredients :
broken wheat - 1 cup (250g)
jaggery - 1+3/4 cup (350g)
ghee - 4 tbs
cashew nuts - 3tbs
thin coconut milk - 5 cups
thick coconut milk - 3 cups
raisins - 1 tbs
cardamom powder - 2tsp
sweetened condensed milk - 1/2 cup (optional)
Method
add in washed and drained broken wheat into a pressure cook for one whistle; then reduce flame and cook on low flame for 3 minutes more
meanwhile melt jaggery in 1/2 cup of water; then strain to remove any impurities & keep aside
open the cooker after 30 minutes (once the pressure released)
now add in the jaggery syrup and 2 tbs ghee
cook on medium high flame for about 15 minutes
stir at regular intervals
make sure that the jaggery syrup has reduced considerably
now add in the thin coconut milk and cook on medium high heat for about 15 minutes
once the mixture got thickened enough add in thick coconut milk
bring this mixture to a good boil
now reduce flame to low and add in condensed milk and cardamom powder
mix well and turn off the flame
heat up 2 tbs ghee and fry cashew nuts until golden