Paal Payasam | South Indian Rice Pudding | Video
South Indian version of rice pudding made of just 3 ingredients is guaranteed to impress everyone in your family.
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Ingredients
- ¼ cup rice long grain, short grain, raw rice or basmati rice (I used long grain rice)
- 4 cups full fat milk
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ghee or clarified butter
Instructions
- Rinse rice under cold running water. Spread it on a paper towel. Leave it to dry. Set aside.
- Heat 1 teaspoon ghee in a heavy bottomed pan. Add rice, and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add milk. Bring to the boil. Add sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-5 minutes or until rice is well-cooked. The payasam will get a creamy texture when the milk reduces to half of its volume. This will take around 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Garnish paal payasam with nuts, raisins and cherries, if you like. Serve hot or cold.
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Notes
- Don’t forget to stir occasionally to prevent the milk and rice from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- If you want to use red rice in this recipe, cook it in a pressure cooker. After one whistle, reduce the heat to low and cook for 7 minutes. Make sure you have enough water in the pressure cooker.
- You can substitute sugar with jaggery if you like.
- If you want to use red rice in this recipe, cook it in a pressure cooker. After one whistle, reduce the heat to low and cook for 7 minutes. Make sure you have enough water in the pressure cooker.
- You can substitute sugar with jaggery if you like.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 224kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 128mg | Sugar: 12g