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Apple payasam

This was made for Gauthappan because this vacation I couldn't make anything for him and I wanted to do something to make him feel happy. The vacation was sort of stressful and Onam wasn't a celebration too. But being a mom, your heart won't allow you to stop caring about your lil one. Even though the mood was not festive, the lil one deserves some pampering, and to taste the "once in a few days privilege" he get as a son from his Mom.

Sometimes I feel like what a bad Mom I am, but my lil one used to pacify me saying, "Amma I know you are away from me for your work, and I know its for me you are trying" Sweetheart, I feel I don't deserve to be your mom, sometimes thinking about it; what an understanding matured baby I got. 





So going to the dish I prepared, apple payasam, and apple in payasam, sounds different right. But I can assure you, it would be finished in 5 mins, won't even allow it to get cooled ☺️



Ingredients
Apple chopped finely - 5 nos, I used with skin
Dates - 5 nos pitted
Water - 1 cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Brown sugar - 1 cup
Milk - 2 1/2 cups
Clove powder - 1 tsp
Cashews - 5 nos

Method
Cook apples and pitted dates in water until mushy. It should be mashed into paste. Now add ghee little by little and roast the apples in it. Add brown sugar and roast into an thick paste. Add milk and cook till thickens. Add clove powder and roasted cashews. Serve hot or cold.
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Location: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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