02/07/2021
Jackfruit Payasam (Ponsa Gharai )
Jackfruit payasam - a treat to jackfruit lovers. A heavenly tasting thick dessert made using ripe jackfruits. This dessert tastes and smells jackfruits. And while it's cooking your house will smell divine too.
Soft ripe jackfruits floating in a sea of coconut milk imparting its amazing smell and taste to it, resulting in a delicious, creamy jackfruit flavoured syrup. An absolutely delicious ripe jackfruit dessert that can be enjoyed piping hot or cold.
Coconut milk forms the base for this payasam & jaggery is used as the sweetener. Rice grains/rice flour is used to make this payasam thick and cardamom is used to add an amazing flavour, aroma to this payasam.
Ripe jackfruit payasam is called ponsa payasu in Konkani. Ponasu means ripe jackfruit in Konkani. Ripe jackfruit payasam is also called gharai in Konkani, coming from the word ponsa gharo, which means ripe jackfruit pods in Konkani.
Summer is when ripe jackfruits are found in abundance in Karnataka. That's when my mom would make this delicious dessert for us. Two other ripe jackfruit delicacies of Udupi, Mangalore are ponsa mulik (sweet fritters) and ponsa idli (jackfruit idlis). Do give them a try too if you love jackfruits. They're amazingly scrumptious & you'll love them.