Pasta Payasam

I use pasta frequently and stock up on a few pasta boxes of various colors, shapes and sizes in my pantry. Mostly I cook pasta in spicy / cheesy sauces and never thought of using it in a sweet dish. However I had noticed pasta payasams doing rounds for quite sometime now in the blogosphere and wanted to give it a try even though I was skeptical about the texture and the outcome of the final dish. I did try pasta payasam a few weeks back and it tasted absolutely delicious and so is now being showcased here.

Ingredients for 2 servings:

1/2 cup pasta (I used shell pasta here. Any other appealing kinds can be substituted.)
1 & 1/4 to 1 & 1/2 cups milk
2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp condensed milk (optional but recommended. I was baking a cake with condensed milk and used the leftovers.)
Dry fruits to garnish

How I cooked it:

* Bring 2 - 3 cups of water to a rolling boil and add pasta. Cook al dente and drain.

* In another pan heat the milk and cook the above pasta for 10 - 15 minutes more. Stir in the sugar and condensed milk and simmer a couple of minutes more and turnoff the stove. If preferred cardamom powder may be added for flavor.

* Garnish with dry fruits / nuts before serving.

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