Rice Kheer | Chawal Kheer | Indian rice pudding
Rice Kheer recipe is a delicious Indian rice pudding made with rice, sugar, milk,and flavored with saffron and cardamom.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Basmati rice – ¼ cup
- Whole milk – 4 cups
- Sugar – 2- 3 tbsp
- Sweetend Condensed milk- 3-4 tbsp
- Saffron – 4 threads
(optional) - Chopped nuts -2 tbsp (almonds & pistachio)
- Raisins (kismis) – 1 tbsp
- Cardamom pics – 2 ( crushed)
Instructions
- Add the basmati rice in a bowl. Wash the rice thoroughly and soak the rice in water for 20 minutes.
- Pour the milk in a thick bottom pan. Bring the milk to a boil.
- Drain the soaked rice and add the rice to the milk. In a low-medium flame, cook the rice uncovered for 15-20 minutes.
- Stir in between and check periodically and don’t let the milk boil over.Check to see if the rice is cooked properly.
- You will see that the milk and rice mixture starts to thicken.
- Add the sugar, saffron and condensed milk. Cook for another ten minutes. Check for seasoning.
- Add the chopped nuts, raisins and cardamom powder. Mix and cook for couple more minutes.
- Serve the Kheer at room temperature or chilled.