Ingredients: cup Poha (Flattened rice), tablespoons Rice flour, 1/2 liter Milk, cup Nolen Gur - or brown sugar, Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds, Mixed nuts - almonds/cashews, tablespoon Raisins, pinch Saffron strands - and a little more for garnish, Salt, Vegetarian diet
Instructions: To cook Bengali Chirer Payesh/Poha Pudding Recipe With Nolen Gur, wash poha/chirer with water and strain the poha.Soak the washed and drained poha/chirer in a cup of milk.Also mix 1/2 cup of milk with rice flour and keep aside.Soak saffron in a little milk. Keep aside.Boil the rest of milk and cardamom pods together in a Saucepan and bring to boil. Stir occasionally.Add rice flour mix in boiling milk and stir constantly.Boil about 12-15 minutes till the rice flour is cooked and milk is condensed.Now add milk soaked flattened rice/chirer then add the milk soaked saffron.Cook chirer payesh for 15 minutes more or when flattened rice/chirer is cooked well and milk thickens considerably, add nolen gur or brown sugar.Stir it and cook it till the date jaggery/brown sugar dissolves. Then add chopped almonds/cashews and a pinch of salt, cook for a minute and remove from heat.Pour the Bengali Chirer Payesh/Poha Pudding Recipe With Nolen Gur in a serving bowl, garnish with saffron strands/almonds/cashews and raisins and serve hot or chilled with sumptuous meal of Cholar Dal Recipe/ Aar Macher Jhol Recipe and jeera rice for dinner.