Sweets & snacks
Palada payasam
Rice-ada pudding in milk — the dessert that closes a sadya.
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Palada payasam is slow-cooked milk with rice ada (pasta-like flakes), sugar, and ghee until it turns pale pink-gold. It is the celebratory payasam of Onam and wedding sadyas.
Course
Dessert
Region
Statewide
Typically with
Sadya, festivals
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