Kheer (Rice Pudding) - South Asian Recipe

Kheer (Rice Pudding)

🌍 South Asian, India (pan-regional) Difficulty: ●●●○○

Kheer is offered to Hindu deities as prasad (sacred food) — it appears in ancient Sanskrit texts as "kshirika."

Ingredients

• 1.5 L full-fat milk
• 50 g basmati rice, washed
• 100 g sugar
• 4 cardamom pods, ground
• 1 tbsp rose water
• 2 tbsp pistachios, sliced
• 2 tbsp almonds, sliced
• Pinch of saffron in 2 tbsp warm milk

Method

1. Step 1 — Bring milk to boil in heavy pan. Add rice; simmer on medium-low heat, stirring every 5 min, 45 min until rice is completely dissolved and milk has thickened.
2. Adding — Add sugar; stir until dissolved. Continue simmering until thickened to cream consistency, 15 more min.
3. Adding — Add saffron milk, cardamom, rose water. Stir.
4. Serving — Serve warm or chilled, topped with nuts.

Tags: full-fat milk, basmati rice, sugar, cardamom pods, rose water · Source: Brittani's Almanac