Name: Bengali Chaler Payesh recipe by Moloy Pandit at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 litre Milk; 1/3 cup Basmati/Jeera rice; 1/3 - 1/2 cup Sugar; 4 Pods - Cardamom; To garnish - Nuts and Dry fruits; 2 tablespoon Ghee ( optional); 2 Nos; A pinch - Salt

ABOUT Bengali Chaler Payesh RECIPE

My wife, son, friends and relatives always encourage me to prepare some new cuisine, I try to make as per demand and receive appreciation. This time some of my abroad friends suggested some Bengali dessert recipe. So this time I decided one of the most yummy Bengali traditional recipe that is" Chaler Payesh". This is Indian style rice pudding or rice kheer made by boiling thick milk with aromatic rice (Gobindo Bhog) and sugar. It is very tasty!

Ingredients Serving: 4

1 litre Milk
1/3 cup Basmati/Jeera rice
1/3 - 1/2 cup Sugar
4 Pods - Cardamom
To garnish - Nuts and Dry fruits
2 tablespoon Ghee ( optional)
2 Nos
A pinch - Salt

Instructions

Boil milk in a wide bowl and when it starts to boil, add bay leaf and slightly crushed cardamom pods.
Wash the rice and add it to the milk. Allow it to boil in a low to medium flame till the rice gets cooked well, but it should be firm and soft without loosing it's shape.
Generally, rice takes longer time to cook. So keep mixing every now and then and make sure it is not burnt in the bottom. When the milk gets evaporated, add little water whenever necessary.
When the rice is almost cooked, remove the bay leaf (optional) and add sugar, a pinch of salt and mix well. Let it boil till the mixture thickens slightly.
Turn off the flame. Add nuts and ghee. Allow it to cool, refrigerate and ready to serve.
Enjoy this yummy and chilled creamy Bengali Payesh with your friends and relatives in any occasion or festival.

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