Patali Gurer Payesh (Bengali Rice Pudding with Date Palm Jaggery)

Name: Patali Gurer Payesh (Bengali Rice Pudding with Date Palm Jaggery)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 litre full fat milk; 1 cup gobindobhog rice; 1 cup grated patali gur (date palm jaggery); 2 bay leaves; 5 green cardamom (elaichi)

Deepsikha Chakraborty @cook_14092070

Bangalore

#winter Patali Gur aka Date Palm Jaggery is typically found in winters and it is known for it's taste and aroma. We the Bengalis use Patali gur in various sweets, and among all the sweets one that is very famous is, Payesh (rice pudding). When heart longs for sweet and it’s winter, nothing can be more satisfying than a bowl full of Patali Gurer Payesh. This is not just a dish, but a long lasting Bengali tradition that Bengalis relish wearing their full sleeve cardigans or wrapping themselves with shawl.

Deepsikha Chakraborty @cook_14092070

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Ingredients

1 hour

5 servings

1.5 litrefull fat milk
1 cupgobindobhog rice
1 cupgrated patali gur (date palm jaggery)
2bay leaves
5green cardamom (elaichi)

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Steps

1 hour

1

Wash and soak the gobindobhog rice in water for atleast 1 hour. Drain the water and keep the rice aside.
2

In a heavy bottom pan, heat the milk adding bay leaves and green cardamom. Bring it to boil.
3

Once the milk starts boiling, add the rice and lower the flame.
4

Cook in low to medium flame for 30-45 minutes or until the rice gets cooked well and the milk is reduced to half. Keep stirring frequently.
5

Once the milk is reduced, add patali gur and cook for another 5 minutes in lower flame by stirring constantly. Keep stirring until the jaggery gets melted and the milk changes it’s colour.
6

Turn off the flame and your Patali Guere Payesh is ready now.
7

Let it cool down in room temperature and then refrigerate it for around 2 hours. Serve chilled.

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Deepsikha Chakraborty @cook_14092070

on January 25, 2019 12:57

Bangalore

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