paneer payasam
Paneer Payasam is a rich and creamy Indian dessert made with crumbled paneer (Indian cottage cheese), milk, and sugar. Flavored with cardamom and garnished with nuts like almonds and cashews, it has a soft, melt-in-the-mouth texture. This payasam is a delicious treat often served during festivals and special occasions.
Ingredients
- 4 cups full cream milk
- 2 tsp corn flour
- ¼ cup condensed milk
- ½ cup paneer scrambled
- 3 tbsp sugar
- Saffron few strands
- 3 tbsp sliced almonds and pistachios
Instructions
- In a heavy bottomed pan add the milk.
- Dissolve the corn flour in 1 ladle of milk without any lumps.
- Keep this aside. Dissolve in room temperature milk.
- Bring the milk to boil and add the saffron strands to this.
- Stir well, if you want the kheer to be in golden yellow, soak saffron in warm milk for 10 minutes and then add it to the pan.
- Now add the corn flour mixture to this.
- The milk will start thickening now. Keep stirring.
- Now add the condensed milk.
- If you don’t want to add condensed milk, add more sugar.
- For richer version add ½ cup of condensed milk and skip the sugar.
- Add the sugar at this stage and keep stirring.
- Let this boil for 10-15 minutes in medium-low flame.
- Simmer the flame and add the scrambled paneer.
- Bring the paneer to room temperature and mash it with your hands.
- Alternatively you can use fresh paneer too.
- Mix well and cook in low flame for 2 minutes.
- Switch off the flame and add the chopped nuts.
- Keep it inside the refrigerator for 5-6 hours.
- Serve chilled.
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