Mango payasam (Mango kheer)

6th may is our marriage anniversary… This year it was our first marriage anniversary. Mango is Adi’s favorite fruit. Given a chance he eats 4-5 easily at one go. My MIL sends tastiest mangoes from Vijayawada. They taste like heaven!!! I made this mango payasam on our marriage day

INGREDIENTS:-

Ripen sweet mangoes: - 3 medium sized

Rice: - 1 cup

Milk: - ½ liter

Coconut milk: 1 big glass (You can make it by grinding coconut with warm water)

Sugar: - as per sweetness required (Usually 4 teaspoons)

Ghee: - 1 teaspoon

Mango essence: - a little (optional)

Mango ice cream: - small cup (10 rs one is more than sufficient)

Dry fruits: - anything (I took cashew, badam)

METHOD:-

1. Boil rice along with milk and coconut milk till rice becomes soft and milk evaporates completely...in short make it khova
2. Add sugar and stir it till it mixes well
3. In the meanwhile squeeze out mango pulp and keep it aside
4. Allow cooked rice to cool a bit and add mango juice, mango essence into it and stir well
5. Simmer for 4-5 minutes
6. At the end add mango ice cream at the end and stir it so that it mixes well
7. Fry badam, cashew in ghee till they are light brown and add it into mango payasam.
8. Chill it and have it

Variation: - You can use condensed milk or amul milk maid too and add in it.