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Tuesday 15 December 2009

Palada Pradhaman

Cooking time: 90 mins

Palada pradhaman is from our native Kerala. It is a famous payasam made from cooked flakes of rice, milk and sugar. This is served as a dessert after a sadhya (feast in malayalam). It is pretty easy to make but need a little patience for the milk to condense :-) My kids love the payasam and so, often visits my menu.

Ingredients

Rice ada-200gms
Whole milk-3ltrs
Sugar-500gms (can be varied as per taste)
Ghee-2tbsp
Cashew nuts-few
Raisins-few
Cardamom -3

Method
Cook the adas as per instructions on the packet. It may differ for each. I soaked it in hot water for 20 mins and then rinsed in cold water, so that they do not stick to each other. Keep it aside.

Now in a heavy bottom vessel, boil the milk until it reduces and gets a light pink colour. Now add the adas and cook on a slow flame for about 15 mins and then add the sugar, mix well and cook until the desired consistency.(It will get thicker when cold, so do not make it too thick). Add the powdered cardamom. Heat ghee in a pan, fry the cashews and raisins till golden and add to the payasam.



Note: If the adas are big, you can put it in a mixer and crush it a little.

13 comments:

Preeti Kashyap said...

been wanting to make this...i have no idea where to get the rice ada from. looks lovely!

Unknown said...

Hey Latha
Thats my family's favourite payasam , all time favourite...This is a perfect anytime of the day for me...YUM YUM.

Sunitha said...

Adi poli.. othiri naalayi payasam kudichittu.. maybe I will give this recipe a try. Nice recipe.. thanks :)

Sarah Naveen said...

oh wow!!! my hubbys Fav!!! yummy yumm..

Sushma Mallya said...

paysam looks delicious..

Tina said...

Iyoooooo kothiyavunnuuuu....

sangeeta said...

it's so easy Latha and i have never tried it , my husband has gonna love this..
it must be like rabdi with this much thickening of milk..

Malar Gandhi said...

Thanks for the warm comment at my space, dear. Sure...it means a lot to me:) Was in dilemma to write or not to write the intro' part...

And palada pradhaman - heard so much about this dish, but never got a chance to taste it. Although mommy makes somewhat similar version at home...this recipe is very tempting right now. Wish to try in near future:)

Padhu Sankar said...

I am a big fan of Kerala dishes especially paysam Sure to try this.

my kitchen said...

Want to taste right now,looks yummy

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Looks Yummy!

lubnakarim06 said...

New to me....looks extremely yum....

Namitha said...

I love this..looks awesome :-)

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