PHOVA KHEERI BY NAMITHA PRABHU

PHOVA KHEERI

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 heaped cup Thick Poha(Flattened Rice)

1/2 litre Full cream milk

1/4 cup Condensed milk

3-4 tbsp Sugar

2 Cardamom pod seeds,powdered

5-6 Saffron strands,soaked in 1 tbsp milk

10-12 Cashew nuts

15 Raisins

1 tbsp Ghee

METHOD:

Boil milk until it reduces to half of the originalquantity. Heat ghee in a thick big kadai and add cashew nuts and fry until they turn light golden in color. Remove them and keep aside. Add raisins to the same kadai and fry until they puff up and remove and keep it aside.In the same kadai and add poha and fry for 2-3 mins until it turns slight brown in color. Add the boiled and reduced milk,condensedmilk,soaked saffronand sugar and let it boil for 4-5 mins until poha is cooked soft.If needed boil for little more time.Add cardamom powder and mix well.The payasam becomes thick once it is cooleddown,so remove it from the stove when you get desired consistency. Serve it warm/cold or at room temperature.