Pal payasam / Rice Kheer

In Kerala,you get a special variety of rice meant for making payasam.It looks as shown in the pic.

If you do not have it,you can use normal rice.Payasam can be made very easily.

This recipe serves four.

Ingredients:

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Milk - 1 litre

Rice - 2 handful

Sugar - 150 gm

Method:

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• Boil the milk.
• After it boils, set aside till it cools down slightly.
• Add 2 handfuls of rice(after cleaning it in water) to the milk.
• Drop a small spoon to the container.This prevents the milk from being thrown out in the pressure cooker.
• Pressure cook the milk and rice mixture.(After a whistle in a high flame,make it sim and switch off after 10 min)
• After the steam is released,you can see that the colour of the milk is changed from white to cream. Add sugar and constantly stir in low flame for at least 15 min.

Note:-Do not stop stirring the payasam or it may get burnt.

Yummy payasam is ready.You can serve it hot/Chilled.