Black sesame seeds Payasam (Ellu Payasam )

 

Ingredients

Black sesame seeds, 100 g

Jaggery, 200 g

Water, ½ cup

Ghee, 2 tbs

Cashews, 50 g or 15 nos.

Coconut pieces, 2 tbs

Cardamom, 5 nos.

Sugar, 1 tsp 

Banana (chopped), 1 no. or 150 g

Preparation

• Crush the jaggery and boil in a sauce pan by adding ½ cup of water until melted completely.
• Strain the impurities (if it is not organic) and set aside.
• Heat two tablespoons of ghee in a pan. Roast the coconut pieces, and cashews separately and set aside. Sauté the banana and transfer to a bowl with the ghee.
• Grind the cardamom with sugar and set aside.
• Wash and roast the sesame in a frying pan, until the seeds crackle.
• Then switch off the flame and roast for one more minute. Transfer to another saucepan.
• Add melted jaggery to the sesame, and cook for 9 to 10 minutes, or it turns thick.
• Switch off the flame.
• Add cardamon, coconut, nuts, and banana with ghee to the payasam. Mix well.
• Your healthy black sesame seeds  payasam is ready.
  

Enjoy warm. Thank you