Rice pudding to us Bengalis is what birthday cake is to the rest of the world! I have had rice pudding or payesh, as we call it, on every single birthday while growing up in India. It remains, to this day, one of my all time favorite, comforting desserts! <br /> <br />This mango pudding is quite different than the one that my mother makes, primarily because the special kind of jaggery needed to make this dish is not available in the US. So it was out of sheer frustration and my single minded devotion to have some kind of a rice pudding, that I came up with this recipe! I used mango puree and caramel sauce instead of the traditional jaggery and ended up with this delicious mango rice pudding! Try it sometime!

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