ICE APPLE RECIPE - Palm Fruit Payesh - Bengali Village Cooking - Food for 400+ People

palm jaggery

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Coconut sugar offers a similar flavor profile with lower glycemic index.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Almond milk reduces calories while providing a nutty flavor.

Harvest palm fruits from the trees.

Cut open the palm fruits to reveal the ice apples inside.

Boil milk in a large pot.

Add soaked rice to the boiling milk and stir.

Simmer the mixture until the rice is cooked and the milk thickens.

Add chopped palm fruit and mix well.

Stir in grated palm jaggery until dissolved.

Add cardamom powder and mix thoroughly.

In a separate pan, heat ghee and fry cashews and raisins until golden.

Garnish the payesh with fried cashews and raisins before serving.

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