Rice Kheer – Bengali Payesh
Bengali Payesh recipe (rice kheer) is a delectable dessert that originates from the Indian subcontinent. Originally, kheer has always been a part of the Indian food heritage and for centuries it has been a popular recipe among the people. Moreover, rice kheer was mostly prepared collectively during special occasions like Diwali, birthdays, wedding buffets, and many more among others. What makes Bengali Payesh recipe more delicious is that it is the perfect and much-needed balance of milk, rice, cardamom, sugar and dry fruits.
Bengali Payesh recipe is the perfect blend to treat your kids and family to as they will love it. Moreover, it will also be healthy for them as it contains the goodness of rice and dry fruits. It tastes amazing when served with paratha, main course or biryani.
Ingredients
75 gm Gobindo Bhog or KaloJjeera rice
Few Cardamom
25 gm Raisin
25 gm Cashew
370 ml Condensed milk
1 cup Sugar
1 lit 3.5 % Milk
How to make Rice Kheer – Bengali Payesh
Method
1) Boil 1 lit milk in a pan.
2) Remove the seeds from the cardamom and grind it . Personally, I don’t prefer whole cardamom in Payesh as I have to spit out the cardamom while eating. So what you can put the cardamom outer shell inside this spice infuser and soak in the boiling milk for 5 mins.
3) Add the rice and cook for 20 mins in a medium heat until the rice is soft. Stir occasionally so that the rice does not stick to the bottom.
4) Add the condensed milk and stir well.
5) Add sugar, cashew nut and raisin and cook it for 5 more mins.
6) Lastly add the cardamom powder and mix well. Cover the lid and let it cool. Put it in the refrigerator when it is at room temperature.
Serving: 3-4
Cooking Time: 45 min
Bengali Payesh is a sweet kheer dessert from Bangladeshi cuisine. It is made with rice in a different style. It is sometimes also termed as payesh kheer, rice Payesh, Bengali payesh. Some assortments of payesh kheer are chanar payesh, chaler payesh, gurer payesh, chenna payesh and Bengali style payesh kheer.
Generally, there are lots of sweets that we find in South Asian cooking culture such as Rabri, Rasmalai, phirni and sheer khurma but payesh becomes unique with it's appealing taste and aroma. Main ingredients used in this sweet are kalojjeera rice, raisins, cashew nuts, condensed milk, sugar and plain milk.
Take some time to prepare it and enjoy this special sweet after dinner.
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Aleem, karachi