Godhumai Rawa Payasam / Broken Wheat Pudding

Godhumai Rawa Payasam /  Lapsi Kheer / Broken wheat Pudding

Godhumai Rawa / Broken Wheat  :  1/4  cup

Water :  1+ ½  cups

Milk : 1/2 cup

Jaggery Powder :  1/2 cup

Sugar :  1/4 cup

Cardamom powder :  ½ tsp

Cashews & Raisins : 2 tsp each

Ghee : 1 tbsp

In a 2 ltr cooker add a tsp of ghee and roast cashews and raisins.   Keep it aside.

Add remaining ghee and broken wheat and roast it in low flame till it gets a rich brown colour, intense aroma and nice flavour . 

Add 1+1/2 cups of water to the roasted broken wheat, close the cooker and cook for a whistle, in low to medium flame.

Meanwhile add a ladle of water to the jaggery powder and give a nice boil till jaggery melts completely.

Strain to remove any dust and dirt.

When the pressure released  in the cooker ,  open and add jaggery syrup and sugar .

Cook without lid , in low flame till the sugar melts completely and raw smell of jaggery goes. It could take just 10 minutes .  Keep stirring in between.

Add cardamom powder and give a boil.

Remove from flame.

When the pudding comes to warm in temperature, add milk and mix nicely.  

Serve the Godhumai Rawa Payasam / Broken wheat Pudding , garnished with fried Cashews and Raisins.

Millets Payasam: 

Replace wheat with any of the following millets.  Cooking method is same. 

1. Kodo millet ( Varagu )
2. Foxtail millet ( Thinai )
3. Little millet ( Saamai )
4. Banyard millet ( Kudhiraivali )