Creamy Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is a creamy dessert that is quick and easy to make with few ingredients.
Servings: 6 Servings
Equipment
Ingredients
- 100 gms rice soak for 30 minutes
- 1 ltr milk full cream
- 2 tbsp ghee or clarified butter (optional)
- 10 - 12 tbsp sugar (or as per your taste)
- 6 - 8 tsp dry fruits finely chopped
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder or 4 whole green cardamom
- cardamom powder – ¼ tsp
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Rinse well and soak rice in water for 30 mins. You can also use without soaking.
- Heat milk on a heavy bottom pot or a Dutch oven
- Once it starts boiling add rice to it. Stir and mix using spoon/ spatula.
- Cook on low flame until rice is cooked.
- Keep stirring at regular intervals to avoid sticking of rice to base.
- Once the rice is cooked and it starts to thicken add sugar, cardamom powder, and chopped dry fruits. Mix well.
- Stir continuously to avoid burning. Cook for 2 – 3 mins more.
- In the end, add 2 tbsp ghee to it and mix well.
- Switch off the gas and cool the kheer to room temperature.
- Then refrigerate it and serve chilled for better taste.
- Garnish with a few more chopped cashew nuts and almonds.
Notes
If using long grain rice, pulse it in a blender once to make them coarse and smaller grains so that they will be cooked easily.
Keep stirring at regular intervals to prevent burning at the base of the pot.