Kheer, also known as payasam or payesh, is a pudding or porridge popular in the Indian subcontinent, usually made by boiling milk, sugar or jaggery, and rice.

Instead of rice, it may contain cracked wheat, vermicelli (sevai), sago or tapioca (sabudana).

Lord Krishna (the sage) won the game and the king started placing the grains.

Krishna reveals himself and asks the king to provide kheer to every pilgrim who comes to his temple there.

First mentioned in ancient Indian literature, it was a mixture of rice, milk and sugar, a formula that has endured for over two thousand years.