Kerala Payasam Recipe
Kerala Payasam is a delicious payasam which takes time and effort.This Payasam is made using Kerala Raw rice also called as Unakalari rice. Let us learn Kerala Payasam the traditional way.
Servings3
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup kerala raw rice unakkalari
- 1 litre full cream milk 4 cups
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
Instructions
- Take 1/2 cup raw rice , rinse it well and keep aside. I used broken unakkalari
- Take the raw rice in a pressure cooker, add 2 cups of milk and 1/2 cup water.
- Add sugar, give a quick mix and keep the pressure cooker and switch on the flame...Keep in medium flame.
- When the steam starts coming out, put the pressure cooker weight and cook for 1 whistle. Once pressure releases open and add cardamom powder.
- Once pressure releases, open and add the remaining 2 cups of milk and simmer in low flame for at least 20mins and cook till it thickens and the payasam is cream and the color is pale pink.
- Serve Kerala Paal Payasam hot / cold.
Notes
- The payasam will thicken after it cools down so switch off accordingly.
- If the payasam gets thick, you can dilute by adding little milk at the time of serving.
- If you have tulsi leaves you can add two or three to give an extra flavor.
I used full cream milk so added 1/2 cup water to cook the rice.Also if milk alone is added its better to keep the rice milk mixture in a vessel then place it inside the cooker so that milk doesn't ooze out. - Make sure the milk rice mixture should at the bottom or atleast half of the cooker else it will overflow while cooking.
- The more time you cook in low flame the payasam gets the flavour of rice and color.
- You can replace unakkalari with basmati rice or sona masoori rice but traditionally in Kerala they use unakkalari / rose matta rice for paal payasam.
I got unakkalari broken rice so it got cooked easily.You can use either whole unakkalari rice or just coarse grind it to get it broken. - Usually this payasam is just served without any garnish as my friend said so. So I just added a fried cashew just for photo sake otherwise we had it as such and it tasted delicious with the full flavour of milk and rice.
Nutrition Facts
Kerala Payasam Recipe
Amount Per Serving (150 g)
Calories 494
Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 41mg14%
Sodium 135mg6%
Potassium 632mg18%
Carbohydrates 86g29%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 67g74%
Protein 15g30%
Vitamin A 562IU11%
Vitamin C 0.03mg0%
Calcium 431mg43%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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