Ingredients

• Payasam Rice - 1/2 cup (approx 125 grams)
• Dates - 20 nos
• Raisins - 20 - 30 nos
• Milk - 2 litres
• Condensed Milk - 200 gms
• Brown Sugar/Jaggery - 100 grams
• Home Made Ghee - 2 tbsp
• Almonds Powder - 50 gms
• Cardamom Powder - 1/4 tsp

How to Make Dates Payasam

• Wash Rice in two changes of Water.
• In a non-stick, heavy bottomed deep vessel boil Rice in 1700 ml of Milk.
• Reduce to medium flame and cook till it becomes soft and gooey (about 50 mins). Stir frequently to prevent from sticking.
• Meanwhile heat 1 tbsp Ghee in a non-stick pan and stir the seedless Dates for 2 mins on medium flame.
• Transfer this to a blender and make a smooth liquid. Pass through a fine sieve, to filter the Dates skin if any.
• In the same pan heat the remaining 1 tbsp Ghee and stir Raisins for about 2 mins till they swell up.
• To the cooked Rice add the Dates-Milk, Almond Powder, Sugar and Condensed Milk, mix well and on medium flame allow to cook for 5 mins.
• Sprinkle the Cardamom Power and Raisins. Mix well.
• Serve hot.