For preparing Banana Payasam in Kerala Style, cook the ripe bananas well (preferably in a pressure cooker).
Remove the black thread-like things from them and beat the bananas in a mixer grinder.
:- Please use only ripe bananas.
Grate the coconuts and prepare thick coconut milk(1 glass), thin coconut milk(3 glasses) and very thin coconut milk(4 - 5 glasses).
Dissolve jaggery in some water and keep it on fire.
Cook it for some time and filter the contents to get rid of the sediments.
Heat up a vessel(preferably Urali).
Put the beaten bananas and the filtered jaggery water into this and cook.
Add ghee in between into this.
When fully cooked, add the thinner coconut milk and allow it to boil.
Wait for the water content to get reduced.
Add the thin coconut milk and allow it to boil and get reduced.
Mix together the powdered cardamom and the thick coconut milk and pour this into the Urali.
:- Do not allow it to boil.
Lower the flame and heat it through.
Fry the cashewnuts and raisins in the remaining ghee and add this to the payasam.
Enjoy the Banana Payasam in Kerala Style...