Pal Payasam

Ingredients:

1.       Cooked Rice : Handful / 50 gms

2.       Sugar: ½ Azhakku or 150 to 170 gms

3.       Boiled Milk: ½ litre

4.       Cardamom: 5 (take the powder)

5.       Cashew Nuts: 10 to 15

6.       Pachai Karpooram (optional) : small pinch

7.       Water

8.       Kismis (dry grapes) & saffron (optional)

Preparation Procedure:

1.       Take the cooked rice and transfer it to a vessel.

2.       Add sugar to the vessel and stir well and keep in on the stove.

3.       Do not add water since the sugar along with rice will tend to become watery while it is on flame.

4.       When the sugar dissolves and becomes watery, add the boiled milk and keep stirring for 5 minutes.

5.       Roast the cashews and kismis in a tsp of ghee and add them to the payasam.

6.       Delicious Pal Payasam is ready..

For enhancing taste, you can choose to add a tbsp. of milk maid / Amul mithai mate to the boiling payasam.