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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Paal payasam

My blog has crossed 2 lakh hits today. I feel very excited. A crore thanks to all the visitors of my blog. My online friends inspire & encourage me a lot. THANK YOU ALL,ONCE AGAIN FOR ENCOURAGING ME.

INGREDIENTS:


Raw rice or red rice - 1 ladle

Milk - 1 ltr.
Cardamom powdered - 1/2 tsp.
Sugar - 2 1/2 ladles
Cashews(optional)
Saffron (optional)
Ghee - 1 tsp.


METHOD:

Wash the rice well and drain out the water.
If using red rice, the payasam will be in a lovely light pinkish colour.

Boil milk in a heavy- bottomed pan. (I used pressure cooker).
Simmer and add the rice into the milk. Allow the rice to get cooked in the milk.

Stir frequently till the milk reduces to half. By this time, the rice will be cooked and soft.
Now add sugar and stir continuously till the milk is thick. Add the powdered cardamoms and ghee. Garnish with ghee-fried cashews and saffron. Serve hot or cold. Both will taste good.

VARIATION : Pressure cook rice, mash well without any lumps and add to the boiled milk. Stir frequently till the milk reduces to half. Add sugar and stir continuously till the milk is thick. Add the powdered cardamoms and ghee. Garnish with ghee-fried cashews and saffron. Serve hot or cold. Both will taste good.

40 comments :

  1. Congrats!.. Indeed a great event to celebrate..

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  2. congs let double soon
    payasam is suited on this day .
    delicious

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  3. super yummy !! and heartfelt wishes to you and ur blog !!

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  4. Heartiest congrats..wishing u many more lakh and crore hits

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  5. congrats Aunty..n wish u all the best.

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  6. Congrats....keep up the good work.A lovely sweet on this sweet ocassion...
    Reva

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  7. Congratulations on all those hits! Your recipe is similar to our rice pudding, but with such sophisticated ingredients. Sounds delicious.

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  8. Congratsssss :) 2 lakhs is surely a big number to celebrate :) Way to go and you simply rock :)

    Love the payasam too :)

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  9. congratulations this looks delicious

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  10. hearty congratulations....rock it .....lovely payasam

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  11. pakkarthikku ROMBA nanna irruku!!! Slurp :)

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  12. What a wonderful post to celebrate your 2 lakh hits:) Many congratulations and I wish you a zillion hits more!!!!

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  13. Wow looks super yummy, & congrats on ur achievement

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  14. Congratulations... a wonderful way to celebrate :)

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  15. congrats shanthiji. Pal payasam is a very yummy and great way to celebrate that occasion

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  16. Congrats :) Keep going. Delicious payasam as well.

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  17. Congrats,and best wishes to blog more....pal payasam is my fav..

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  18. Congrats ..keep rocking..Creamy pal payasam looks wonderful..

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  19. Congrats Akka and wishing your blog many more. I often take the pressure cooker method when making in small quantity

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  20. Congrats...love it..recently even I have posted this..looks yumm

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  21. Congratulation.....
    Payasam looks yummy.....

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  22. COngrats! The payasam is the perfect way to celebrate it :)

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  23. congrats! you have come a long way keep it up and keep posting many more new dishes.the pal payasam romba romba tempting and delicious.

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  24. Congrats,wish you all the best,delicious payasam

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  25. there iss nothing like having palpayasam after a lunch.. i love it soo much

    ammaandbaby.blogspot.com/

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  26. Congrats and indeed a great way to celebrate...

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  27. Congrats...
    Delicious Payasam..

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  28. Congrats on the milestone. Very happy for u...

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  29. Congrats!

    Payasam looks yummy!

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  30. Maami - I'm a little late to wish. But, nevertheless my wish comes with a lot of love and adoration for what you do. You know how much I follow your blog and thank you for documenting all the traditional iyengar cuisine and culture.

    Wishing you many more great achievements ahead!

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  31. Delicious!!.....I have red rice, and I will love to make it!!.......Abrazotes, Marcela

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  32. Congrats and this looks so yummy!!

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  33. What a great achievement!Congratulations and may many more such lovely happenings come your way.

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  34. I've saved your page ti my favourites :) Im an Iyengar maried to a Gujarati & i couldn't rely more on any other recipe website !! Thanks much for this ! Will try this out today for Bogie Pandigai ! Happy Pongal.

    Ranjeeta Iyengar
    Mumbai

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