Pal Payasam / Rice Kheer

Ingredients

Broken Rice/ Podi ari – 1 cup

Milk – 3 cups

Sugar – ¾ cup

Cardamom powder – a pinch

Water – 2 cups

Ghee – 1 teaspoon

Cashew nuts – a few

Method

Boil water in a pressure cooker and add the washed rice. Pressure cook up to 3 whistles and low flame for 5 minutes. Open the lid once the pressure in the cooker goes out completely. Pour the milk in a vessel and add sugar to it. Bring it to boil. Add the cooked rice to the boiling milk and stir well. Boil for 5-10 minutes. If the payasam is too thick, add some more boiled milk. Add cardamom powder. Heat ghee and fry the cashews. Add fried cashews to the payasam. Enjoy the yummy payasam!!

Notes – If the milk is too thick, you can add a little water when boil the milk. You can use condensed milk in the final step. Usually pal payasam does not need cashews or raisins.