Payesh

Aromatic rice slowly cooked in milk and sweetened with sugar or molasses.

⏱ 45 min · 🍽️ Serves 5
Cost at home ≈ ৳190.00 · by delivery ≈ ৳450.00

Costs are rough Dhaka market estimates (2026) and vary by area and season. Delivery price = this site's menu price × servings.

Ingredients

• full-cream milk — 1.5 litres
• chinigura rice — ½ cup
• sugar or date molasses — ½ cup
• cardamom — 3, bay leaf — 1
• raisins and cashews — a few

Method

1. Wash and soak the rice 20 minutes.
2. Bring the milk to a boil with the cardamom and bay leaf; add the rice.
3. Cook on low 30 minutes, stirring, until the rice is very soft.
4. Add sugar (molasses only after turning off the heat, or the milk may split) and nuts.

All food and drinks are halal

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