Name: Indian rice pudding (Payasam)
Prep time: PT0H10 M
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: ⅓ rd cup Palada (Rice ada -type of rice, found in Indian stores ); 2 cups Milk; ¼ cup Sugar; Dry fruits fried in little ghee (Optional)

Indian rice pudding (Payasam)

12 Nov 2015

by Deepthi (in memoriam)

Cook Time

25 minutes

Total Time

25 minutes

Background

The following rice pudding is a very famous sweet prepared for festivals in India. It is tasty to eat and easy to make. This pudding is native to Kerala in India.

Ingredients

⅓ rd cup Palada (Rice ada -type of rice, found in Indian stores )
2 cups Milk
¼ cup Sugar
Dry fruits fried in little ghee (Optional)

Instructions

Soak the rice in water for 10 minutes. Drain the water and set aside.
In a deep bottomed vessel, add the rice and milk and cook on medium flame.
When the mixture starts to boil, set it to low flame and cook until the rice becomes soft.
Add the sugar and let it dissolve in the mixture.
Garnish with dry fruits (Optional).