Nicely wash and soak the sabudana in enough water for 1 to 2 hours.
½ cup Sabudana
Heat ghee in a pan. Add cashews and saute until translucent. Transfer this to a plate. Add vermicelli (semiya) to the same pan and saute until aromatic. Transfer this to a plate.
¼ cup Vermicelli, 2 tablespoon Cashews, 2 to 3 tablespoon Ghee
Add sabudana to the same pan with 1 ½ cups water and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until sabudana becomes soft and translucent. If it is not cooked, then add additional water and continue cooking.
1 ½ to 2 cups Water
Add roasted vermicelli (semiya) and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add jaggery and mango puree and cook until jaggery melts for about 5 minutes.
¾ cup Jaggery, ¾ cup Mango puree
Add chopped mango and cardamom powder and mix.
¼ cup Mangoes chopped, ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
Add 1 cup coconut milk and bring this to a boil. Keep stirring to avoid burning at the bottom. Add ½ cup of coconut milk or water if the mango kheer becomes too thick.
1 to 1 ½ cups Coconut milk
Add the roasted cashews and stir. Switch off the flame.
Serve mango payasam warm or cold with more freshly chopped mangoes.