Recipe - Payasam

1 cup Longgrain rice
4 tablespoon Butter
2 tablespoon Broken cashews
2 tablespoon Raisins
2 cup Milk
1 cup Water plus up to 1 cup more
as needed
One half cn (14 oz) sweetened condensed
milk
1 cup Sugar
One half teaspoon Ground cardamom
One fourth teaspoon Powdered saffron

Dry roast rice in a Dutch oven until golden brown. Set aside.

Melt butter in the same pan. Fry the cashews and raisins in the butter
until nuts are golden and the raisins are puffed. Add the roasted rice. Add
the 2 cups milk and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover pan
partially and allow to simmer until the rice is overdone and soft. (Add up
to 1 more cup of water as necessary). Add the condensed milk and sugar to
the rice. Sprinkle the saffron and cardamom on top and serve warm.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #362

Recipe by: Sivagami Natesan

From: Sherry Zeiss zeiss@tab.com

Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 13:20:07 0600