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    Published: Jan 24, 2017 · Modified: Aug 11, 2020 by Usha Rao

    Caramel Rice Payasam ~ Caramel Rice Pudding

    Caramel rice payasam is rice pudding cooked in caramel and milk.

    2 bowls of caramel rice pudding in a brass tray

    Payasam is a pudding prepared with vermicelli, rice, broken wheat or tapioca. What is called payasam in South India is kheer in North India.

    I bookmarked the recipe when Vaishali posted it over a year ago and made it right away to post it the following month. For some reason I could not blog the following month and this was in my drafts ever since. Vaishali made it from Valli’s blog and I referred to Valli’s blog when making the payasam.

    bowls of Caramel Rice Payasam

    Caramel rice payasam is a one pot dish cooked in a pressure cooker. It is a creamy rich sweet/dessert and makes a wonderful sweet to serve for any occasion, from festivals to casual get togethers. This is the first milk based sweet for this week's BM.

    I took the first two pictures the day I made the payasam and the below one the next day. These are one of the first few set of pictures I shot in RAW and edited in Lightroom (LR). Since I was new to editing RAW images, I took another set of images the following day in a different setting to play around in LR.

    a bowl of caramel kheer in place on a white square plate.

    Source: Srivalli
    Serves: 2 - 4

    Regular measuring cup
    Ingredients:

    • ¼ cup rice soaked for 10 minutes
    • ¼ - ⅓ cup Sugar + 2 teaspoon of Sugar for caramel
    • 3 cups Whole Milk + more if required
    • ⅛ teaspoon Cardamom seeds, powdered, approximately ¼ teaspoon powdered cardamom

    Preparation:

    • Wash rice and soak for 10 minutes.
    • In a pressure cooker, sprinkle 2 teaspoon sugar & keep on medium high flame.
    • As the sugar melts, swirl the cooker around for even spreading.
    • When all the sugar melts & is light golden in color, reduce the flame.
    • Let syrup cook a little longer until the syrup becomes dark golden in color & caramelized.
    • Gradually pour 2 cups of milk and be careful as it could splutter.
    • Bring milk to boil and keep stirring until caramel blends well into the milk.
    • Add rice, stir , close the pressure cooker & cook for 3 whistles. In my cooker (2 liters cooker), milk spilled over after one whistle. I reduced the flame to low & cooked for seven minutes.
    • Let the cooker cool naturally and open the cooker lid when it is safe to open.
    • Add sugar, cardamom powder & stir.
    • Add remaining 1 cup milk or more depending on desired consistency & bring the milk to a boil.
    • Taste and adjust sugar to taste.
    • Turn off the heat & serve hot or chilled.
    • The pudding was thick & creamy. I did not add any nuts. If one wishes, roast some cashews & raisins in ghee/ butter to garnish the pudding.

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    1. Harini-Jaya R says

      February 06, 2017 at 10:39 pm

      Lovely color to the payasam. But o caramel takers at home. Let me see if I can sneak it in and test their taste buds 🙂

      Reply
    2. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      February 02, 2017 at 8:29 pm

      I made caramel paal payasam couple of years back and loved the color and the flavor of the payasam. Looks great Usha!

      Reply
    3. Vaishali Sabnani says

      January 28, 2017 at 8:45 pm

      Thanks Usha.., this is one simple kheer , but has such a delicious, lingering flavor.

      Reply
    4. Priya Srinivasan says

      January 28, 2017 at 11:59 am

      I dread that caramel part usha, payasam color looks so divine!!! I can imagine the yumm taste!!

      Reply
    5. Priya Suresh says

      January 28, 2017 at 7:15 am

      Payasam looks absolutely creamy n very rich, irresistible..

      Reply
    6. Pavani says

      January 27, 2017 at 4:36 pm

      I have this bookmarked too from Valli's blog but haven't had a chance to make it yet. It looks and sounds absolutely delicious.

      Reply
    7. sushma says

      January 27, 2017 at 10:48 am

      Payasam looks delicious Usha

      Reply
    8. Sandhiya says

      January 26, 2017 at 10:52 am

      It's in my todo list for long time. I love the color of payasam and it must be delicious.

      Reply
    9. Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner says

      January 26, 2017 at 4:18 am

      wow kheer with Caramel,Such a lovely innovation!!

      Reply
    10. @chefmireille says

      January 25, 2017 at 10:39 am

      with caramel flavor, this must taste awesome - also in the intro you said it was from Vaishalli but in the source you put Srivalli

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        January 25, 2017 at 11:42 am

        Mireille, I bookmarked the recipe when Vaishali posted and her source is Valli's blog. When I made the payasam, I referred to original source, hence put Srivalli as the source.

        Reply
    11. themadscientistskitchen says

      January 25, 2017 at 9:52 am

      Sounds delicious.I willl bookmark it for my own consumption 😀

      Reply
    12. Srivalli Jetti says

      January 25, 2017 at 5:44 am

      I love this recipe Usha, so glad you made it and enjoyed!..

      Reply
    13. Rajani says

      January 24, 2017 at 5:22 pm

      I am bookmarking this recipe, Usha. Caramel in payasam sounds delicious

      Reply
    14. srividhya says

      January 24, 2017 at 11:27 am

      This must have tasted delicious. Caramel in rice pudding and that color OMG!!!! awesome

      Reply

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