Pal payasam

No. of Portions:100



Ingredients

Broken basmati rice:1Kg
Milk:10Lt
Sugar:2Kg
Cardamom:25Gm
Pure ghee:1Kg
Sultanas:100Gm
Cashew nuts:100gm
Coconut:2nos

PRE-PREPARATION
1. Pick, wash and soak rice for about 30 minutes. Drain well.Blanch in boiling water for a couple of minutes to remove excess starch and odor.
2. Cut coconut into thin chips.
3.Boil milk. Broil and powder cardamom.


METHOD
1.Add rice to milk and cook till the rice starts to break up and the milk has thickened.

2.Add sugar and cardamom powder and continue to simmer..

3.Heat pure ghee. Fry cashew nuts and sultanas and coconut to a golden brown colour. Add to milk and rice mixture along with ghee. Stir and serve hot or at room temperature.
Standard
Thick, sweet mixture of milk and well-cooked, broken down rice; flavoured with cardamom and garnished with dry fruits and fried coconut chips