Aval Payasam(Beaten Rice Pudding)

Ingredients:

Aval : 1 cup
Milk: 1/2 gallon whole milk
water:2 cup
Sugar: 1/2 - 1 cup as per taste
Ghee: 2 tbsp
nuts and Raisins as per your taste
Cardamom powder: 1 tsp
condensed milk 2tbsp(as per your taste.it is only optional)

Method:

Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a thick bottomed pan. Fry nuts and raisins in the ghee to a golden color, remove. Add the remaining ghee and fry the aval/poha to a golden brown. Add water and cook the Aval.When the aval is half cooked, add some milk and allow the Aval to cook well. It will take approximately 5 minutes. When the aval is fully cooked , add the sugar and remaining milk.Boil for some more time until the payasam is thickened.Add the cardamom powder and condensed milk. Stir for 1 mt. Remove from heat. Garnish with fried cashew nuts and raisins.
When serving add some boiled milk to thin it out.