Gasa Gase Payasa | Khus Khus Kheer | Poppy Seeds Payasam | How to make gasa gase payasa?
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Recipe type: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4 people
 
Cooling, easy on the stomach gasa gase payasa
Ingredients
  • 1 Tbsp heaped gasa-gase seeds/white poppy seeds/khus-khus
  • 1 Tbsp heaped raw rice/regular white rice
  • 5 cashews
  • 5 almonds
  • ¼ Cup water
  • 5-6 cardamom/elaichi
  • ½ Cup thin coconut milk
  • ½ Cup grated/powdered jaggery/bella/gur
  • 1½ Cup water
  • ¾ Cup milk
  • 1 Tbsp raisins
  • Few drops of desi ghee
Method
  1. Soak cashews and almonds in ¼ Cup water for 15 minutes
  2. In a pan toast gasa-gase seeds till light golden and their aroma is released. Keep aside
  3. Dry toast rice till light golden. Add cardamom seeds. Keep aside
  4. Heat 1½ Cups water. Add grated or broken jaggery. Allow it to melt. Turn off heat
  5. In a mixer grinder add toasted gasa-gase. Grind into a powder
  6. To this add toasted rice and elaichi. Grind into a powder
  7. Drain water off the cashews and almonds. Add these to the ground dry powder
  8. Add a little water and grind into a thick paste
  9. Add this paste in a pan. Pour jaggery water into this and mix well. Ensure there are no lumps
  10. Add thin coconut milk and mix well. Bring to a boil
  11. Meanwhile, lightly roast raisins in ghee till they plump up
  12. Let payasa start getting thick and coat the back of a spoon
  13. Pour in milk. Mix well and turn off heat
  14. Add raisins and mix well
  15. Serve warm, cool or at room temperature
Notes
Always first dry-grind gasa-gase before adding anything else to it, it will not grind properly with other ingredients

Almonds and cashews give a nice texture and thickness to the payasa

Adjust sweetness as per your liking

Strain jaggery water if it has impurities

Add grated coconut and grind into a paste along with poppy seeds paste

Add only coconut milk or add almond milk to keep the payasa vegan and do not fry the raisins in ghee (soak in water for 5 mins)
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/gasa-gase-payasa/