Kheer

Kheer (Sanskrit: क्षीर/Ksheer) (Hindi: खीर, Punjabi: ਖੀਰ, Khiri (ଖିରି) in Oriya, Urdu: کھیر/kheer ), also known as Payasam (Tamil: பாயசம், Malayalam: പായസം), Payasa (Kannada: ಪಾಯಸ) or Payesh (Bengali), (Telugu: పాయసం) is a rice pudding, which is a traditional South Asian sweet dish. It is made by boiling rice or broken wheat with milk and sugar, and flavoured with cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashew nuts, pistachios or almonds. It is typically served during a meal or also consumed alone as a dessert.