Nolen Gurer Payesh
: A Slow-Cooked Bengali Dessert For Winter Festivals

Name: ~Nolen Gurer Payesh~: A Slow-Cooked Bengali Dessert For Winter Festivals
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: ¼ cup Gobindobhog rice; 1 litre Full-cream milk; 120–150 g Nolen gur (date palm jaggery, grated); 1 tsp Ghee; 3 pods Green cardamom (crushed); 1 Bay leaf; 10–12 Cashews (halved); 1 tbsp Raisins

55 mins

Cooking Time

Medium

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Nolen Gurer Payesh is a winter-exclusive Bengali rice pudding made with aromatic gobindobhog rice and seasonal date palm jaggery. Slow-cooked in full-cream milk, this payesh has a deep caramel flavour and delicate sweetness, making it a staple dessert during harvest festivals and traditional family gatherings.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients

¼ cupGobindobhog rice

1 litreFull-cream milk

120–150 gNolen gur (date palm jaggery, grated)

1 tspGhee

3 podsGreen cardamom (crushed)

1Bay leaf

10–12Cashews (halved)

1 tbspRaisins

Nolen Gurer Payesh

Nolen Gurer Payesh: A Slow-Cooked Bengali Dessert For Winter Festivals

Ingredients

Nolen Gurer Payesh
: A Slow-Cooked Bengali Dessert For Winter Festivals