Paal payasam recipe

Ingredients

• 4 cups Milk (1 litre)
• 2 tbsp Rice (raw rice or basmati )
• 1 tsp Ghee
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• saffron, cardamom powder (Optional Garnish)

Instructions

1. 1

   Roast rice in a pan with ghee in medium flame. Powder it to a coarse powder (just break the rice).

2. 2

   Take a pressure cooker(I used 3.5 litre pot shaped cooker) and grease it with few drops of ghee.

3. 3

   Add milk and bring to boil, add the powdered rice and pressure cook for a whistle.(I add a small plate to avoid burnt bottom)

4. 4

   After a whistle, keep the flame in lowest possible and continue heating for 10 minutes.

5. 5

   After that open the cooker and add sugar and continue boiling in low flame for another 10 minutes until you get a thick consistency.