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Question: This is the recipe for famous Ambalapuzha Palpayasam

Milk – 8 cups
Water – 6 cups
Rice – 1 1/4 cups
Sugar – 2 cups
Cardamom, crushed – 2 pods

Mix water and milk, cook in medium heat with occasional stirring till the volume reduces to half. Wash and drain rice, add it to the cooked milk, cook under medium heat till rice is done. Add sugar, cook for 20 more minutes with frequent stirring. Add crushed cardamom. Remove from stove. Optionally, cashew nuts toasted in ghee can be added.


Answers: This is the recipe for famous Ambalapuzha Palpayasam

Milk – 8 cups
Water – 6 cups
Rice – 1 1/4 cups
Sugar – 2 cups
Cardamom, crushed – 2 pods

Mix water and milk, cook in medium heat with occasional stirring till the volume reduces to half. Wash and drain rice, add it to the cooked milk, cook under medium heat till rice is done. Add sugar, cook for 20 more minutes with frequent stirring. Add crushed cardamom. Remove from stove. Optionally, cashew nuts toasted in ghee can be added.

It i a sweet preparation made for feasts on auspicious occasions like marriage , onam festival, and other important festivals all over south India.

Pal Payasam

1/2 cup Long-grain rice
4 Cardamom pods
1 1/4 cup Sugar
Blanched Almonds
2 cups water
2 1/2 cup Milk

Blanched unsalted pistachio nuts
1 tablespoon rose water

Wash the rice and boil in the water over medium heat for 5 minutes, until the rice is 1/4th done. Drain it and set aside.

In a heavy based pan, boil the milk with cardamom pods over medium heat. Add the rice and cook for 40 minutes, until the rice is fully cooked and the milk becomes thick. Stir constantly to prevent sticking. Then add sugar, almonds, and pistachios & cook for 5 more minutes, until the sugar dissolves. Stir constantly. Sprinkle rose water & Remove from heat. Remove the cardamom pods. Serve warm or chilled.

All the best :)

*It is a sweet recipe ..... made of rice, milk ,sugar and/or some jaggery !!!!
Now..... Where is it ? its a bit tricky questn.
It sure will be whereever it is prepared!!!!
Since u say its from kerala ...... it [kerala] is a city in the south of india !!!!!
It [payasam] is known as 'payas' in calcutta or east india & as ''kheer'' in north & west india !!!!





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