Ingredients

• 1/2 litre milk.
• 25 g - each of blanched and sliced almonds and pistachios.
• 1 tbsp - each of charoli and melon seeds.
• 25 g - raisins.
• 1/4 tsp - essence of saffron.
• a few drops of yellow food colouring.
• silver foil.
• 1 tsp - cardamom powder.
• 4 tbsps. sugar.

How to Make Plain Payesh

• Fry all the nuts and raisins.
• Put milk and sugar together over a slow fire and cook till the milk is reduced to one-fourths its original quantity.
• Remove from fire and mix all the above ingredients.
• Cover with foil and serve either hot or cold.