DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Palada Payasam
Nisha’s selected Palada Payasam simmers bought rice ada in full-fat milk, water and sugar, includes the offered condensed milk, and finishes with cardamom, method-only salt, and cashews and raisins fried in its own ghee, with the chilled serving option selected.
About Palada Payasam
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Nisha presents Palada Payasam as a Kerala festive dessert made with soft rice ada in sweetened milk and flavored with cardamom. Her account places it on Onam and Vishu sadya menus.
Bought rice ada is washed and soaked in hot, boiled water, then drained before it joins the milk. The source also offers a rinse after soaking to remove excess starch.
Milk is boiled with its own separate water portion, then sweetened with sugar. The softened ada simmers in this mixture; the selected optional condensed milk adds further richness.
Cardamom powder and a pinch of salt follow. Cashews and raisins are fried in the same ghee, added to the payasam, and the mixture receives a final simmer.
This selection includes the author’s stated chilled serving preference. She describes a thick, creamy milk base around soft rice-pasta pieces, and also offers immediate service as a separate choice.
Ingredients in Palada Payasam
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- Cow Milkbase
- Sugarsweetener
- Waterother
- Cardamomseasoning
- Whole cashewgarnish
- Rice adabase
- Gheecooking medium
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Kerala / Nisha Palada Payasam