Caramel Semiya payasam

One day i baked fruit cake. In that recipe, we caramelize sugar. That idea make me to try this semiya payasam.

Ingredients:

Semiya - 1 cup - roasted

Sugar - 3/4 cup

Milk - 2 cups

Chopped nuts, raisins - few

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Ghee - 2 tbsp

To caramelize:

Sugar - 1 tsp

Water - 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Heat kadai and add sugar. Sugar will start to turn browning i.e., caramelizing. Simmer the flame and add water. Remove as soon as possible.

2. Cool it.

3. In another kadai, add milk and bring it to nearly 1 1/4 cups.

4. Add semiya and make it to boil.

5. Add sugar, cardamom powder and caramelized sugar.

6. Now fry all the nuts in ghee and add it to the payasam.

7. Serve hot or cold.

Poosanikkai Morkulazhambhu / Pumpkin Morkulazhambhu

For this morkulazhambhu, I used white pumpkin. You can also use Lady's finger for this recipe.

Ingredients:

Pumpkin - 1 cup - Remove the skin and chop into cubes

Curd/Buttermilk - 2 cups

To temper:

Coconut Oil - 3 tbsp (preferred)

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Red chillies - 3

Curry leaves - few

Soak for 1/2 - 1 hr:

Tuvar dhal - 2 tbsp

And grind with:

Dry fried green chillies - 3

Jeera - 1 tsp

Coriander leaves - few

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt

Method:

1. Heat oil and temper.

2. Pour in the grounded miture and fry for few minutes.

3. In the meantime, separately cook pumpkins till soft.

4. Mi the boiled pumpkins.

5. Simmer and boil for few minutes, adding salt.

6. Remove and cool.

7. Now add buttermilk and serve.