Pal Payasam

Ingredients

• • Rice - 1 cup
• • Milk (thick) - 10 cups
• • Sugar - 1 cup
• • Cardamom powder - a little
• • Cashew nuts (thinly sliced) - 1 tablespoon
• • Ghee (for frying) - as required

Method

• 1. Boil milk in a heavy vessel with 2 to 3 cups of water.
• 2. Take half of the milk in separate vessel.
• 3. Add washed rice (do not soak) to boiling milk and cook for 5 to 10 minutes stirring in between.
• 4. Add rest of the milk gradually in between, stirring constantly.
• 5. When rice is cooked till soft and mashed well, add sugar and stir till dissolved.
• 6. Remove from fire and add fried cashew nuts and cardamom powder.