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Rice Kheer is one of most popular, known-to-all dessert prepared in India. This dessert is prepared by cooking rice in milk and sugar. Either cardamom powder or cinnamon powder is added along with saffron to enhance the flavor. This can be served hot or chilled.
Ingredients:
Basmati Rice – 1/2 cup
Milk – 3 cups (preferably full cream milk)
Sugar – 1 cups (adjust as per taste)
Cinnamon Powder – 1/4 tsp (or Cardamom Powder)
Cashew Nuts – 10
Raisins – 8
Pistachios – 8
Salt a pinch
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Saffron – 6 strands soaked in 2 tbsps of lukewarm milk
Method:
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- Wash rice thorughly and pressure cook the rice.
- Cook the pressure cooked rice with milk on medium flame until the milk reduces to 3/4rth quantity.
- Now add sugar and cinnamon powder. Mix well and continue to cook for 8-10 minutes in low flame, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, heat ghee in a pan, and roast cashew nuts and raisins.
- Add saffron milk to the cooking kheer. Mix well. Cook for 2-3 minutes on low flame and turn off the heat.
- Add salt, roasted cashew nuts, raisins and pistachios.
- Serve hot or chilled.
