Paneer payasam or kheer is a bengali sweet dish or pudding called as channar payesh. Paneer, Indian cottage cheese is used to make this delicious, rich and creamy kheer or payasam. It is one of the sweets that can be prepared very quickly if we have paneer in hand.
To make this paneer kheer, we need paneer or chenna and sugar & milk. Homemade fresh paneer works best for this recipe.
I have shared so many quick and easy to make sweets with paneer and condensed milk like kalakand, rasmalai, chocolate ramalai, sandesh. These dishes are amazingly easy to make and taste delicious.
If you prefer to save some time then use condensed milk as needed in the recipe. The tinned condensed milk may not be a healthy option, but still it is quick and easy to make a yummy desert in no time, especially during festivals and occasions when we run out of time.
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how to make paneer payasam recipe or kheer in 10 minutes
Paneer payasam recipe | Paneer kheer recipe | Channar payesh
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- ½ cup paneer crumbled (Frozen packed paneer can be used)
- 2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup sugar (use more if needed)
- 1/8 tsp cardamom powder / elaichi powder
- strands saffron ,Few (optional)
- rose essence ,Few drops (optional)
- pistachios ,Few unsalted toasted , sliced
How to make the recipe
- Crumble the paneer completely and set aside.
- Bring milk to a boil and simmer until it reduces to 1 cup.
- Add sugar and stir until it dissolves. Boil for another 2 to 3 mins.
- Add the paneer and cardamom powder. Mix well to blend with milk properly. There must be enough milk for the paneer to blend well. If required can add more milk. let it boil on a low flame for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Serve paneer payasam chilled or warm . Garnish with nuts.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
If you are a beginner or new to Indian cooking, I highly suggest you to check the supporting step by step photos for best results. Step by step photos with description available below after the recipe card.
Subhabrata Saha says
Regarding Channar Payesh recipe, don’t want to use frozen paneer. Hence please clarify the proportions — Channa obtained from 1lit full cream milk : 2lit full cream milk for payes — Is this proportion ok or we need to change???
swasthi says
Hi Subhabrata,
If the recipe is doubled, it will be 1 liter milk to make 1 cup paneer and 1 liter milk to make payesh. But you can use even 2 liters but it does take a lot of time to condensed and reduce it to about 2 to 3 cups. If you think you can do it for so long then just go ahead with 2 liters milk for payesh. Thanks much for rating the recipe.
Lakshmi says
No need to add sugar for this??
swasthi says
There is sugar already in condensed milk. If you want more sweet, then add more condensed milk or sugar
Devi says
Thank u Swathi for all your awesome recipes.
swasthi says
Welcome Devi
Vinod says
Your recipes are EXCELLENT but not printable. How I could print if I want to keep for my future reference?
Sussette Webster says
Is the condensed milk plain or sweetened?
swasthi says
it is sweetened condensed milk
malar says
It is very easy and the tips are very useful. thank u for sharing this panner dish with us.
swasthi says
Welcome malar
fiza fathima says
oh!!! I made paneer kheer during our summer vacation…. it was sooo nice!!
we hope that we will get so many other sweets too.. thank u for indroducing this spr dish…
swasthi says
Hi Fiza,
Iam glad you liked paneer kheer. Will be posting soon some quick sweets for summer. Thank you
🙂
GK Arusuvai says
wow….looks so nice….nice presentation…..its new to me but i really wish to try this someday…tks for sharing
Premalatha Aravindhan says
wow yummy payasam,i too made it yesterday:)
DivyaGCP says
Rich and delicious payasam.. Neat presentation.. 🙂
PT says
like your clicks.. a rich looking payasam 🙂
Kaveri Venkatesh says
One of my favorites…looks delicious
DV says
Wow! This is one rich payasam! Paneer + condensed milk 🙂
Nupur says
I always prefer this one over Rasmalayi.. they taste same, but this one is much elss hassle.. love the pictures .. yummy !