Bhoger Payesh/Poromanno
Payesh
In Bengali culture, people says, Payesh is the best sweet item to celebrate any good news. Such as birthdays, anniversary, rice ceremony, marriages or even for the baby showers. And for the worship to the God, Payesh is the must Bhog item to be offered. Payesh is also called as Poromanno in Bengali, as it's believed that Payesh is holi item to be offered to the God. Poromanno means Porom Onno or Pobitra Onno. Pobitra means Holi & Onno means Rice. Payesh is be made with a special Flavorful Rice, which is named as Gobindobhog Rice, but if you are unable to find this rice, go on with good quality Basmati Rice Or Kalijeera Rice. Kalijeera Or Basmati Rice can be available in any Bangladeshi Grocery stores. Gobindobhog Rice is only available in West Bengal. Today I'm going to share the recipe of special payesh which is called 'Poromanno Or Bhoger Payesh', which is little different from regular Payesh recipe. I've adopted this recipe from my Grand Mother(father's mom). In this recipe, the rice should be lightly fried in Ghee, and the milk, ghee fried rice would be boiled in caramel along with chopped nuts. Payesh is also known as Payasam or Rice Kheer is different part of India. Sounds interesting, let's go to the recipe.....
Details
Ingredients for Payesh
Similar recipes to try
Preperation steps for Payesh
Take a pan, in which you are going to prepare the Payesh, melt the ghee in it. Add the strained rice & the chopped nuts to it, fry for couple of minutes. Do not burn the rice.
Take the rice & the chopped nuts and keep aside.
In the same pan add the 2 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of water into the pan, and caramel the sugar by stirring constantly on low heat.
When the caramel will be made, add the fried rice & chopped nuts to the same pan, add the milk and start boiling all together.
Add bay leaf, crushed cardamom pods & saffron milk into the same pan and boil everything till the milk reduce and thicken. It will take at least 15-20 minutes.
The color of the Payesh will be brownish for the caramel. When the milk will look like thicken and Payesh like texture, add the rest of the sugar and boil for 2 minutes.
Turn off the heat, add the rose water , stir and let the Poromanno to cool down completely.
Dedicate the 'Poromanno' to the God and have it as prasad. Or if you are not making the Payesh for Bhog, then keep refrigerator for 1-2 hours, remove just before serving.
Garnish with chopped Pistachios on the top.
Enjoy....
If you like this recipe, please visit my Facebook Page & hit the like button for regular updates.
Watch how to follow this recipe
Subscribe for more videos!!!
Sweets - Sep 17, 2023
Kesar Mawa Modak
Sweets - Sep 16, 2023
Puran Poli
Baking Zone - Sep 09, 2023
Eggless Banana Muffins