RICE PAAYASAM

Ingredients:

Rice - 1/2 cup

Milk - 6 cups

Sugar - 3/4 cup

Camphor - pinch
or nutmeg - pinch

Cashews and Raisins - 1/4 cup (Together)

Method :

1.Wash rice well, and cook it with milk till semi thick (stirring all the time so that the rice does not stick to the bottom of the vessel and the rice is well cooked.)

2.Reduce heat; add the sugar, little by little when sugar is well incorporated remove from fire.

3.Fry in ghee the cashew nuts and raisins, till golden in color.

4.When cold add to paayasam.

5.Powder camphor or nutmeg and add that too.

6.Serve hot or cold.

Tips :

You could add 1/4 cup of beaten cream when the paayasam is cold.

Instead of sugar you could heat 1-1/4 cup of palm jaggery(or ordinary jaggery) with a 1/4 cup of water-when jaggery completely dissolves-strain and when cold, add to the cold thickened paayasam.

Add powdered camphor or nutmeg.