Preparation Time : 10 mins + soaking time 7 hrs | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 5

Black rice | kavuni arisi | karuppu arisi 1/4 cup Milk 3 cups Water 3/4 cup Ghee 1 tsp Cashew nuts few Sugar 1/2 cup Method:

  • Wash and soak the rice in 3/4 cup of water for 7 hours or overnight.
  • After 7 hours keep the water aside and grind the rice coarsely.
  • Add little water while grinding.
  • In a heavy bottomed pan or a pressure cooker, add 3 cups of milk and the ground rice paste.
  • Add the remaining water, which we used for soaking.
  • Mix it well.
  • Keep the flame to low and start stirring it.
  • The mixture will start thickening and also ensure not to get it burnt.
  • After 20 minutes, switch off the flame and sugar.
  • If adding condensed milk add now. You can reduce the sugar if adding condensed milk.
  • Fry the cashew nuts in ghee and add it to the payasam.
  • You can add cardamom powder if you want, but i want to enjoy the flavor of the payasam, so i didn’t add cardamom.
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Method:

  • Wash and soak the rice in 3/4 cup of water for 7 hours or overnight.
  • After 7 hours keep the water aside and grind the rice coarsely.
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  • Add little water while grinding.
  • In a heavy bottomed pan or a pressure cooker, add 3 cups of milk and the ground rice paste.
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  • Add the remaining water, which we used for soaking.
  • Mix it well.
  • Keep the flame to low and start stirring it.
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  • The mixture will start thickening and also ensure not to get it burnt.
  • After 20 minutes, switch off the flame and sugar.
  • If adding condensed milk add now. You can reduce the sugar if adding condensed milk.
  • Fry the cashew nuts in ghee and add it to the payasam.
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  • You can add cardamom powder if you want, but i want to enjoy the flavor of the payasam, so i didn’t add cardamom.
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  1. Do not forget to soak the rice as it will not get cooked easily.
  2. You can soak the rice and pulse once and proceed to make the entire process in pressure cooker as how we make paal payasam.
  3. Adding condensed milk enhances the richness of the payasam.
  4. You can add 1/2 cup thick coconut milk towards the end, after adding sugar.