Jackfruit payasam

The most flavourful yet so easy to make is jack fruit payasam. I made this payasam with as many less ingredients as possible. The recipe which I got had lot of ingredients. But I tried to make it in the most simplest way. And this payasam was a winner. Everyone enjoyed it a lot. Licked the payasam to the very last drop😋😋

Serves-2

Ingredients:

• Jackfruit ( pala sulai) - 6  nos
• Jaggery -1/2 cup ( adjust the quantity to sweetness you prefer)
• Coconut milk -1/2 cup( thick milk)
• Regular milk -1 cup
• Nutmeg (jadikkai powder) -a pinch (optional)
• Cardamom powder- few pinches
• Ghee- 2 tsp
• Cashew nuts- few
• Raisins- few
• Salt-a small pinch

Method:

•  Slit open the seed and think skin from Jack fruit and finely chop it.
• In a pan add ghee fry cashew and raisins till golden brown and keep it aside
• Now in the same pan add the chopped fruit and cook for about a min.
• Dissolve jaggery in water and strain it from impurities. Add cardamom powder, nutmeg and pinch of salt in this jaggery mixture
• Add this strained jaggery to the sauteed jack fruit.
• Let it boil. Keep the flame in low and add thick coconut milk.
• I used coconut milk powder. If using coconut milk powder dissolve 2 tbsp of powder in 1/2 cup of lukewarm water and then add it to jaggery,Jack fruit mixture.  I then incorporated regular milk little by little. Boil for 2 mins and turn off the flame.Finally add the fried cashew ,raisins.
• Serve.

Notes:

• Sometimes when we add milk or coconut milk to a sweetened payasam it may curdle.
• (Since I have had this problem quite often I always turn off the flame add milk when it cools down, transfer it to another bowl, again add little  payasam in pan let it boil, once everything is fine I add remaining mixture little by little and  boil. This way I avoid curdling problem.)
• For variations of this payasam you can add grated or finely chopped coconut to it.
• You can add water to the sauteed jackfruit let it cook until soft and add then add jaggery and cook till it turns mushy and finally add milk. This way gives you a thick payasam( panchamirtham consistency).
• You can make it by using regular milk alone or with coconut milk alone.