Paal Payasam | Rice Kheer 

Paal payasam or rice kheer is a traditional and delicious south lndian payasam/ kheer variety made with just three main ingredients like milk, rice and sugar. Originally we used to cook the rice in boiling milk in open pot method  but it takes a lot of time thus nowadays we pressure cook it which reduces the cooking time to half.  Check out the yummy paal payasam recipe below.

Ingredients

Milk-1 litre

Basmati rice or raw rice -2-3 tbsps

Sugar -1/2 cup

Cashews and raisins few

Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp

Saffron few strings

Recipe Video

Method

👉First roast the basmati rice in 1/2 tsp ghee for a minute in medium flame.Then powder it coarsely using the pulse or whip button in the mixie.(Do not grind very finely refer pic below).

👉In a pressure cooker add milk and bring it to a boil and then keep in medium flame and allow the milk to reduce 3/4 th litre.

 👉Now add basmati rice and mix  well , pressure cook in Low flame for 15 mins and for 1 whistle.

👉Release the pressure and again keep on gas and add sugar,and cardamom  stir well ,boil the payasam until it thickens to desired consistency.

👉In a tadka pan heat ghee and add cashews, raisins  and roast it to golden brown and add it to the payasam .

👉Finally add in the saffron strings mix well and switch off the gas. 

👉Serve.

Preparation time-25 mins
Serves-4-5