Kerala
Pal payasam
Just rice, milk and sugar cooked slow till it blushes pink. Simple, and impossible to rush.
90 minTime
9 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayUnakkalari rice, uruli and patience.
The original301kcal
9 gprotein
0 gfibre
90minutes
Pal payasam in the Kerala temple style.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
4 steps- 1Wash the rice and cook it in water and milk in a heavy pot on medium until it boils.
- 2Lower the heat and simmer, stirring every few minutes and scraping the sides, until the milk reduces by half.
- 3Add sugar and keep simmering and stirring until the payasam turns a soft pink.
- 4Stir in ghee and cardamom and take it off the heat. It thickens as it cools.
Serve it like this
Serve warm or cool in small bowls, never chilled hard.
