CASHEW PAYASAM

INGREDIENTS:

Cashews - 25
Scraped coconut - 2 tablespoons
Sugar - 1 cup
Boiled milk - 2 cups
Cardamom - 6 (Powdered)
Saffron - a generous pinch
Pachai karpooram(Edible camphor) - a pinch
Ghee - 2 tsp.

METHOD:

Soak cashews in hot water for one hour, and grind it alongwith coconut to a fine paste. Add half a cup of water, mix well. Heat a heavy bottomed pan, and pour in the paste. Saute till the raw smell goes. Add sugar and saute till it dissolves. Switch off the stove. Then add boiled milk and other ingredients. Add saffron. Mix well. Serve hot or chilled.

NOTE: Add sugar according to taste. Add milk to get the desired consistency.