How to Winter Tasty Nolen Gurer Payesh

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Nolen Gurer Payesh. Nolen gurer payesh recipe with step by step pics. In Bengali language payesh means kheer or payasam. Nolen gurer payesh is a delicious rice kheer or rice pudding made with date palm jaggery and rice.

Now add the milk and put on medium heat.

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

Nolen Gurer Payesh or Jaggery flavored Rice Pudding is a signature dish of Makar Sankranti celebration which is known more popularly as Poush Parbon in West Bengal.

You can have Nolen Gurer Payesh using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Nolen Gurer Payesh

1. It’s 1/4 cup of Gobind Bhog Rice.

2. You need 1 litre of full fat milk.

3. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of Cardamom powder.

4. It’s 1/2 cup of chopped Nolen Gur/ Dates Palm Jaggery.

5. It’s 2 tbsp of chopped nuts(Cashews or almond).

6. Prepare 1 of Bay Leaf.

7. You need 1 teaspoon of Raisins.

It needs only three basic ingredients rice, milk and jaggery.

This is a famous dessert of West Bengal, specially made in winter season.

Before sharing the recipe would like share the story behind the dessert 'Payesh'.

There are two famous stories behind the dish.

Nolen Gurer Payesh step by step

1. Clean and soak rice for 30 minutes. Incase Gobind Bhog is not available, use Basmati rice.

2. Heat milk in a pan over low medium heat. Stir occasionally and bring to boil.

3. Simmer and cook for 8-10 minutes further over low heat. Milk will start reducing.

4. Add cardamom powder and bay leaf. Mix well.

5. Drain excess water from rice and add to milk. Mix well.

6. Cook over low heat until rice is done. You can mash up the cooked rice further. Milk would have thickened by now. Switch off.

7. Add nuts, raisins and mix well. Rest on Kitchen counter for 3 minutes.

8. Add Nolen Gur in parts and mix well until well dissolved in Payesh.

9. Serve warm or chilled as desired.

Party sources said he had a spread of roti, cholar (chana) dal, rice, shukto (a famed Bengali dish of stewed vegetables which is slightly bitter), moong dal, fried brinjal, chutney rounded off with nolen gurer payesh (rice pudding with date palm jaggery).

All the six members of the Biswas family had lunch with Shah.

Party sources said he had a spread of roti, cholar (chana) dal, rice, shukto (a famed Bengali dish of stewed vegetables which is slightly bitter), moong dal, fried brinjal, chutney rounded off with nolen gurer payesh (rice pudding with date palm jaggery).

All the six members of the Biswas family had lunch with Shah.

The BJP veteran leader had vegetarian Bengali food served on a plate with a banana leaf on it.