Ari payasam, Kerala cardamom rice pudding

Ari payasam, Kerala cardamom rice pudding

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Kerala’s Ari Payasam: A slow-cooked rice pudding made with milk and water, sweetened, and flavored with cardamom. It is garnished with cashew nuts and gol…

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Payasam is the traditional dessert served during festivals in Kerala. This rice pudding requires few ingredients: rice cooked for a long time in milk until it becomes creamy, followed by the addition of cardamom, cashews, and raisins, all simmered in ghee.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time5 min
  • Cook time50 min
  • Total55 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

6 people
  • $0.19
  • $0.53

Directions

  1. Wash the rice and place it in a saucepan with the milk and an equal amount of water. ≈ 2 min
  2. Cook over low heat, stirring frequently, until the rice is very tender and the milk has reduced and thickened.
  3. When the rice is almost cooked, add the sugar and cardamom, and cook for a few more minutes, then remove from the heat.
  4. Toast the cashews and grapes in hot ghee.
  5. Pour, along with the ghee, into the payasam, mix well, and serve hot or warm. ≈ 4 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • A quarter of a cup of rice
  • 2 cartons of milk (approximately 1 liter)
  • 1 liter of water
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 4 cardamom pods, seeds ground
  • 10 cashew nuts
  • 20 grapes
  • 1 tablespoon of ghee

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