Karnataka Style Gasagase Payasa Recipe- Poppy seed Payasam

Karnataka Style Gasagase Payasa Recipe is a Poppy seed Payasam which is an all-time favourite sweet for kannadigas. Most of their festivals always ends with this creamy cup filled with poppy seed payasam. The poppy seeds are ground along with rice and simmered in milk till it thickens and garnished with hot toasted cashew nuts and raisins with ghee. Course : Dessert Ingridients : 3 tablespoon Poppy seeds 2 teaspoon Rice 2 tablespoon Fresh coconut 4 tablespoon Jaggery 1 cup Milk 2 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds 1 pinch Salt 2 tablespoon Ghee 10 Cashew nuts 10 Sultana Raisins Instructions To begin making the Karnataka Style Gasagase Payasa, roast the poppy seeds and rice  in a skillet on low-medium heat  until it turns into a nice golden brown. This will take about 4-6 minutes. Turn off the flame and allow it to cool.Transfer into a mixer jar. and grind it into a coarse mixture, add grated coconut and water and grind again to a smooth mixture.Heat a sauce pan with milk on medium flame, add the ground poppy seeds and coconut mixture, cardamom pods, jaggery and bring it to a boil.Boil the payasam till it thickens.Heat ghee in a tadka pan, on low flame and fry the cashew nuts and raisins for 2 minutes. Turn off the flame and pour it over the payasam and serve.Serve the Gasagase Payasa after having a Spicy Mixed Vegetable Pulao Recipe with Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita to cool down your palate with a sweet note.