Pumpkin Payasam / Pumpkin Kheer with Sugar

  

Pumpkin  Payasam / Pumpkin Kheer  With sugar  :

          It’s a very yummy and  delicious payasam.. try and enjoy the taste. J

Ingredients :

·        Pumpkin (yellow ) – 2 cups (cut into small cubes)

·        Thick Milk – 3  cups

·        Sugar – 4 to 7 spn

·        Cashews – 5 quatered

·        Cardamom powder - pinch

·        Raisins – 8

·        Ghee – 2 spn

·        Almonds – 3  sliced for garnishing

Preparation:

·        Heat ghee in a pan ,  roast the cashews till they turn golden brown  and raisins  till it puff up and keep it aisde.

·        Remove the skin, wash and cut the pumpkin into small cubes.

·        Pressure cook with half cup of water for 1 whistles.

·        Cool it and make a paste.

Method :

·        Pour milk in a heavy bottomed pan ,and allow it to boil.

·        Then add the pumpkin paste into the boiling milk.

·        cover and cook it for  8  to 10 mins.

·        Keep stirring to avoid burning at the bottom.

·        Once the pumpkin paste and milk are blended each other add the cardamom powder, raisins and cashews.

·        Atlast add sugar and cook it for 2 -3 mins. . Done

·        Garnish with almonds slices.

                           

Yummy Pumpkin kheer  is ready.. J serve hot  to your dears and nears  J

Masala Macaroni

   

Masala Macaroni:

Ingredients :

·        Macaroni –   1 cup (water – 2 to 3 cups)

·        Onoin – 2 finely chopped

·        Tomato – 1 finely chopped

·        Red chilli powder/ sambar  powder – 1 to 1 ¼  spn

·        Salt as needed

·        Tomato sauce – 2 spn

·        Coriander leaves for garnishing

For seasoning :

·        Oil – 2 spn

·        Mustard seeds – ½ spn

·        Curry leaves few

Preparation :

·        Boil  2 to 3 cups of water in a pan , add salt and 1 spn of oil , add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10  mins.

·        After the macaroni cooks, drain all the water.

·        Add some cold water, rinse and drain the cold water also. keep it aside.

Method :

·        Heat oil in a pan, add seasoning one after another.

·        Then add  onions  and sauté for few mins.

·        Next add tomato and saute well till turn mushy.

·        Then add all the spicy powders,  and salt (if required sprinkle little water) and stir for 3 min till the raw smell goes off.

·        Add the tomato sauce and cooked macaroni and mix well to coat the masala all over the macaroni.

·        Atlast toss wel and remove from heat.

·        Garnish with coriander leaves.

                             

Masala Macaroni  is ready.. serve hot J