Gasagase Payasa

Ingredients:
. Gasagase - 2 tbsp. [ Poppy seeds / Khus Khus]
. Badami/Almonds - 10 to 15
. Hallu/Milk ½ cup
. Kai Hallu / Coconut Milk - 2 cups
. Sakkare/Sugar - 3 tbsp (or according to taste) (Bella/Jaggary could be used instead)
. Ellaki/Cardamom/Elaichi pdr - from 2 pods

For seasoning and garnish:
. Badami Esallu/ Almond Slices
. Wanna Drakshi/Golden raisins (dry grapes)
. Thupa/Ghee - 2 tsp
. Kesari/Saffron

Method:
1. Wash and soak poppy seeds and almonds separately for at least 4 hours.
2,  Remove the almond skin and grind it in to paste along with soaked poppy seeds.
3. Heat the milk, as it comes to boil, mix almond/poppy paste. Let it boil for couple of minutes.
4. Stir-in coconut milk and sugar. Let it boil for 3 to 4 minutes. Keep stirring or else it will boil over.
5. Turn of the fire. Add Cardamom powder to the payasa and cover.
6. In a small seasoning pan, heat the ghee on low fire. Add almond slices and raisins. Once raisins puffs, turn off the heat and pour hot ghee. almonds and raisins over the payasa.
7. Garnish with Saffron and cover.
8. Serve warm or refrigerated(cold).

I prefer cold. Try this recipe and let me know. If you have different recipe, write it the comment below. Happy Cooking!!

Ragi Huri Hittina Unde /Ladoo

Ingredients: 

• Ragi Huri Hittu - 2 cups
• Coconut grated – 2 tbsp
• Jaggery grated – ½ cup
• Elachi (cardamom) – ½ tsp.
• Ghee – 1 tsp
• Warm Milk – 1 cup ( as needed)
• Optional: roasted nuts ( peanut or cashew)

Method: 

1. Mix everything except milk in a bowl. 
2. Gradually add  little by little milk until the mixture holds together to form lime size ladoos/balls.

Savatekaayi Kadabu

Ingredients :

• Grated Cucumber(Savatekaayi)
• Medium Sized Rava - 1 cup
• Coconut (grated) - 1 cup
• Cardamom - 2-3 
• Salt - a pinch
• Jaggery - as per the requirement
• Ghee - 5-6 tsp

Method :

• Fry medium sized rava with ghee till it turns a light brown.
• Thoroughly mix grated cucumber(Savatekaayi), grated coconut, cardamom, jaggery, a litte salt, fried rava. 
• All these ingredients has to be mixed in cucumber water. Kindly note that no extra water here is required as cucumber itself leaves out water.
• Smear a little ghee on a steamer plate.
• Put the above mixture on the steamer plate.
•       Steaming time : 15-20 mins
• Cut them into small pieces
• Savatekaayi Kadabu is ready to eat.

Menthya Ganji

Ingredients :

•  Fenugreek Seeds - 3-4 Spoons
•  Rice - 1 cup
•  Coconut milk - 1 cup
•  Jaggery - as per the requirement
•  Cardamom - 1

Method : 

• Soak Fenugreek Seeds overnight.
• Cook the overnight soaked seeds with rice in a cooker adding water(a little more in quantity).
• Boil the same mixture with coconut milk, jaggery, Cardamom.

Note: Add  ground khus khus for better taste