- Boil the grated jaggery along with water. Keep aside until use. Make the rice flour to a soft dough by adding sufficient boiling milk. Make the dough cylindrical shape and fill it into the muruku maker, close the lid. Set aside until use. Bring the milk to a boil. Add sago and stir in between for 8- 10 minutes. The sago turns transparent. Press the muruku maker in a circular motion and drop the rice flour strings directly into boiling milk. Let it stand for a few minutes without stirring. After a few minutes, stir and cook for 10-12 minutes till the thalikalu gets cooked. Add pinch of baking soda in some water. Add 2-3 Tbsp of this rice flour mixture to the payasam and cook for 3-5 minutes and turn off the heat. Finally, add prepared cooled jaggery syrup, cardamom powder and fried cashew nuts and raisins . Serve.