Coorg Tourism - “Khus Khus” Payasa

“Khus Khus” Payasa

Ingredients:

Jeera Sanna (good variety) Rice – 1 cup
Poppy Seeds – 1 ½ cups
Sugar – 2 cups
Coconuts – 2 grated
Milk – 2 cups
Ghee – ¼ cup
Cardamom – 1 pod
Raisins – 10
Cashew nuts – 10

Method:
Soak rice and poppy seeds separately in water for three hours. Then grind both with grated coconut to a fine paste. Add a little more water when grinding. Strain the finely ground paste and remove the juice. Cook the juice with milk and ghee. Add raisins and cashewnuts fried in ghee, stirring well all the time.