Paal Paayasam / Rice Kheer

Ingredients

Basmati rice – ¼ cup
1 litre fresh milk
Sugar – ½ cup or to taste
Ghee – 2 teaspoon
Raisins – 10
Cashew nuts – 10 ( broken )

Method

Boil fresh milk , and rice till done ( approximately 15 – 20 minutes ). Add sugar and bring to boil again. Stir occasionally.

Heat ghee in a frying pan, shallow fry cashew nuts and raisins separately till golden .. Add fried raisins and cashew nuts. Serve hot or cold.

Tip :
If the rice cooked in water it won’t taste as good as rice boiled in milk. Hence it is advisable to cook rice in milk itself.