Paal Payasam

12 cups milk
½ cup rice
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp cardamom powder
2 tbsp cashews unsalted
2 tbsp raisins
1 tbsp ghee (browned butter)

Cook milk in a heavy bottomed pan on medium heat till milk is reduced to half its quantity, this takes almost an hour.
Add rice and cook till rice is tender, maybe another hour.
Add sugar and cardamom powder, and take off heat.
Heat the browned butter or ghee, add cashews and raisins fry till golden add to pudding.
Serve hot or at room temperature.