Palada Payasam

It's been raining "sweets" this week with Onam, Raksha Bandhan, relatives returning from India and a birthday all packed into the last seven days!!! Here's a palada payasam I'd prepared for Onam, very similar to a pal payasam. Back home my mother and grand mother would have made the ada or rice flour pressed into flakes which is a long process in itself, I took the easy way out and bought the ada. Ofcourse store bought ada is just not as soft and tasty like the home made ones which are worth all the effort in making them.

You need:
¼ cup ada or rice flakes
5 cups milk
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 tbsp butter
a handful of cashew nuts and raisins for garnish

Cook the ada in 2 cups of milk till soft. Add the remaining milk and bring it to a boil. Reduce heat and cook till the milk reduces to 2/3rd. The milk should turn pink. Add the condensed milk and cook for another 10 minutes. Depending on the sweetness of the condensed milk, you may add sugar at this stage if the payasam is not sweet enough. Take it off the flame. The payasam will continue to thicken, so keep it liquid. Heat butter in a pan, add the cashews and raisins and fry till golden and the raisins are plump. Add to the payasam and serve hot or cold.

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