We grow different kinds of vegetables in our backyard every summer. This year, while ordering seeds online, we also found Snap Melon seeds. Hence, after many years, we finally got to enjoy Mekkehannu payasa again! This fruit - also called Ibbudla or Kyakarike Hannu - gives a wonderful taste to the payasa. When it is still unripe, it tastes extremely bitter, but once it ripens and cracks open, it becomes soft and melts in the mouth.
The kids really enjoyed watching this fruit split open on its own, and our little boy even calls it “Hatch melon”!
Here is the recipe for this payasa, which can be prepared using just a few ingredients:
