How much cooking time?

40 min — 10 min prep, 30 min cooking.

Gothambu Payasam

Name: Gothambu Payasam
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Kerala Indian
Ingredients: 2piece Cardamom; 100g Jaggery; 100g Milk; 100g Coconut; salt; 100g Broken Wheat (Dalia - Coarse Grade)

Broken wheat (gothambu) simmered in jaggery and coconut milk, flavoured with cardamom. A hearty Palakkad-style Kerala festival payasam.

Time 40 min · Serves 8 · 144 kcal · Central Kerala, Kerala

Ingredients

Garnish

Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)

Main

Jaggery — 100 g (whole)
Milk — 100 g (whole)
Coconut — 100 g (chopped)
salt (optional) (whole)
Broken Wheat (Dalia - Coarse Grade) — 100 g (whole)

Method

Wash the broken wheat (gothambu) and pressure-cook with water until soft and mushy.
Melt the jaggery with a little water, strain, and add to the cooked broken wheat. Cook for a few minutes until combined.
Add the milk and coconut milk and simmer on low flame until it thickens. Do not boil hard once coconut milk is added.
Stir in cardamom powder and a pinch of salt. Garnish with coconut bits and cashews fried in ghee, and serve warm.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Gothambu Payasam?: 144 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 40 min — 10 min prep, 30 min cooking.

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