I ate Mango Payasam yesterday, it’s a heavenly dish and there are many ways of making it. Here is one way which I like. You can add a different flavor to this by including milkmaid or coconut etc.
Ingredients (For the Payasam) :
· Ripe Mango – 1 (Alfonso is preferred ; but if not available you can use any other variety of sweet mango)
· Milk – 3 cups
· Raw rice – 50 gms
· Sugar – 150 gms
Ingredients (For garnishing) :
· Roasted Cashews / Raisins
· Cardamom Powder
· Rabri (if you like the taste)
· Saffron Strands
· Ghee
Boil rice with a cup of milk in the pressure cooker. Peel the mango , cut it into small pieces and grind to a very nice paste. Boil the remaining milk in a pressure pan till it is reduced to one and half cups. Add the mango paste , the boiled rice and sugar and stir well.
Garnish and serve .
Tips : Serve this cold with a couple of thin slices of mango mixed in J
