Rice Pudding (Kheer)

Rice pudding or Kheer as it is called, is very famous Indian sweet prepared on many auspicious days of festivals in India. You can also have it as a dessert dish. Since it contains sugar and rice it is not advisable for people having diabetes but you can use sweetener instead of sugar. I love kheer so much and you will like it for sure. Enjoy and have fun !!!


Ingredients:
Rice - 1/4 cup
Milk - 5 cups
Sugar - 1/3 cup or to taste
Almonds & Pistachios - 2 tbsp sliced
Cardamom (Elaichi) powder - 1/4 tsp or to taste
Few strands of Saffron (Kesar)
Ghee (clarified butter) - 1 tsp

Method:
Wash the rice thoroughly and keep it aside. Melt the ghee in a pan on medium heat then add rice and saute it for 2 mins. Add the milk and cook until the milk reduces to half & creamy and rice is tender. Stir often to make sure the milk does not burn at bottom and also rice does not stick in the bottom of the pan. Now add sugar, saffron, cardamom powder and half of the almonds & pistachios slices. Let it simmer for 10 mins at low heat. Switch-off the heat and let it cool. Garnish with remaining almonds & pistachios slices.

You can serve warm Kheer as a side dish with meal. You can also serve chilled Kheer as a dessert. Enjoy!!!

Tip:- Use non-stick pan to avoid stickiness of the Rice at the bottom.