Red pumpkin Payasam [ keer ]

Ingredients :

• Red pumpkin - 11/2 cups [ grated ]
• Cashewnuts - 7 to 8
• Full cream milk - 1 litre
• Milk maid - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1/2 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Grated badam - 2 tbsp
• Raisins - 10 numbers
• Ghee - 1 tbsp

Method :

First cook pumpkin, cashewnuts along with 1/2 glass milk.  When its become cool grind in mixer to a smooth paste. Then keep a  heavy bottom vessel in a gas. Add whole milk to the vessel along with milk maid.  Mix well and allow to boil in low flame.  Then add the pumpkin paste to the milk, and mix well. Then add sugar, cardamom powder and cook till sugar dissolves and consistency is achieved.  Remove from the gas   Fry grated badam pieces and raisins in ghee and add it to the keer. Serve hot or keep  it in the  fridge and serve chill.  Your  yummy  payasam  is  ready.