Pressure cook pumpkin for 1 whistle. Once cool, Scoop the pulp from pumpkin and discard the skin. Grind pumpkin pulp along with the milk, cardamom powder, saffron and sugar to smooth.
Cook sago with 1 cup water till translucent.
Pour the ground mix to the cooked sago and bring it to a boil and simmer for around 3 mins.
Add few drops of rose water, this is optional.
Heat ghee in a pan, add coconut pieces fry till golden. Add cashews and fry till slightly golden, add raisins and off the heat
Add this to kheer or gummadikaya payasam.
Variations:
Boil the milk with sago till translucent. Grate the pumpkin and add it along with sugar, cardamom powder and saffron to the boiling milk. Boil till pumpkin is cooked thoroughly