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Unakkalari Kerala Payasam Recipe

Unakkalari Rice Payasam is a delicious rice milk kheer made using a special Kerala raw rice variety called Unakkalari rice. This payasam is popularly known as Kerala Payasam which tastes so delicious. Learn to make Kerala Payasam the easy way with step by step pictures and video.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Servings4
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

  • ½ cup broken kerala raw rice (unakkalari rice)
  • 1 litre full cream milk (4 cups)
  • ½ cup water
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder

Instructions

  • Measure ½ cup unakkalari rice.
  • Rinse it well until water is clear.
  • Add it to pressure cooker.
  • Add 2 cups milk. I used boiled milk.
  • Add ½ cup water.
  • Add ¾ cup sugar to it. Give a quick mix and keep the pressure cooker in medium flame and cook for 1 whistle.
  • Let pressure release naturally. Open and give a quick mix.
  • Add ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder.
  • Add remaining 2 cups milk to it and simmer for at least 15 minutes.
  • Cook till the payasam thickens and creamy.The payasam gets a beautiful pink hue.
  • Switch off unakkalari rice kerala payasam is ready!
  • 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 hot 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 ½ 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 be at the bottom or at least half of the cooker else it will overflow while pressure 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.
Nutrition Facts
Unakkalari 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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