Take a large sauce-pan and add 4 tablespoons of water in it. Now add the milk and put on medium heat.

When the milk will start boiling, stir constantly to prevent burning the milk.

When the milk will be 1/2 of it's original quantity, add the rice, but not with the water, in which the rice was soaked. Let the rice to cook enough.

In the meantime take 2 tablespoons of the boiling milk in a small bowl, and add little Jaggery in the milk and mix it.

If the milk is not curdelled, the jaggery is good. If it has curdeled, the Jaggery is not at all good, you have to add sugar instead of the jaggaery.

Just add 1/2 cup of sugar and adjust to your taste. When the rice will be completely cooked, add the Jaggery/ Sugar and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring constantly.

Turn off the heat after 10 minutes. Let the "Payesh" cool down completely, and keep inside the refridegerator for 2-3 hours.

Remove the "Nolen Gurer Payesh" just before serving.

Garnish with chopped nuts,raisins before serving.