PAAL PAYASAM/RICE KHEER

Ingredients
1.Rice - 1/4 cup
2.Milk - 2litres
3.Cardamom Powder - 1/2tsp
4.Sugar - 1cup(adjust more or less)
5.Almond slices - 3tbsp
6.Cashew nuts - 11/2 tbsp

Method
1.Boil milk in a heavy bottom non stick pan.Once the milk starts boiling reduce flame add washed rice and cook in medium flame till the milk reduced into half.
2.Add sugar and mix gently.Reduce flame to medium low and cook for 2-3mts.
3.Mash the rice gently with spatula and add mixed nuts,cardamom powder.
4.Serve cold or warm.

Paramannam

 

Ingredients

1.Milk (2%) - 5 1/2 cups

2.Rice - 3/4 cup

3.Jaggery(powdered)- 1 1/4 cup

4.Cardamom powder - 1/2tsp

5.Cashew nuts - 1tbsp

6.Raisins - 1tsp

7.Ghee - 3tsp

8.Moong dal - 3tbsp

 

Method

1.Wash rice and moong dal with  water and soak for 10mts.

2.Boil milk in heavy bottom vessel.Drain the rice and moong dal from water and add rice to the boiling milk.Reduce flame to medium and cook rice in milk till the rice becomes slightly mushy.

3.The milk starts thickening,once the rice gets cooked and reduce flame to low.Add jaggery to the milk.keep stirring in between to avoid burning and cook in low flame till the jaggery melts completely.

4.In a small vessel add ghee and fry raisins,cashew nuts till it reaches golden brown color.Add nuts,cardamom powder to the payasam and mix well.