RICE PAYASAM

Payasam is a traditional South Asian sweet dish, made by boiling rice or broken wheat with milk and sugar, and flavoured with cardamoms, raisins, saffron,pistachios or almonds. It is typically served during a meal or also consumed alone as a stand alone savory especially during festive season.

Ingredients

Rice

: 1/2 cup

Milk

: 2 cups

Sugar (add more if required)

: 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder

: 1 tsp

Ghee

: 1 tsp

Cashews

: a few

Method

Soak the rice in 1 cup water for 1/2 hour and micro high in a microwave safe bowl for 10 minutes.
Add sugar and cardamom powder to it. Mix and micro high for 2 minutes. Add milk and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
Add ghee and cashews to another microwave safe bowl and micro high for a minute. Add this to the kheer. Add more milk if required.
Serve hot or cold.

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