World Flavors Cookbook

Payasa (Milk-Rice Pudding)

Name: Payasa (Milk-Rice Pudding)
Cook time: 45 min
Cuisine: Ancient World
Ingredients: rice, milk (cow or buffalo), sugar or jaggery, ghee, cardamom, saffron (optional)

A sacred and nourishing milk-rice pudding mentioned in the oldest Vedic texts and Ayurvedic treatises.

Cuisine: Ancient World

Ingredients

rice, milk (cow or buffalo), sugar or jaggery, ghee, cardamom, saffron (optional)

Instructions

Cook rice in milk until very soft and the milk has thickened. Add sugar or jaggery and a spoonful of ghee. Simmer until the pudding reaches a creamy consistency. Flavor with ground cardamom and saffron. Serve warm or cooled as a ritual offering or dessert.