Rice Kheer

Rice Kheer

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 (half) cup medium grained soak rice (basmati)
2. 2 ltr milk
3. 1 cup sugar crumbs
4. 1 tbsp ghee/ butter
5. 8-10 cashew nuts
6. 10-12 raisins
7. 2 bay leaf
8. 5-6 green cardamom crushed

Preparation:

• Soak the rice for half an hour and drain the excess water.
• Add ghee into the rice.
• Mix well and keep aside.
• Now take a large bottomed vessel and pour milk.
• Put the vessel on medium heat.
• Add bay leaf and let it come to boil.
• Stir carefully and not to let the milk burn.
• Add rice and stir well.
• Reduce the heat to low.
• Stir constantly so that rice not stick to bottom.
• When the rice has cooked soft and milk has reduce then add sugar.
• Keep stirring.
• Cook until the milk has reduce half.
• Add few cashew nuts and raisins.
•  Remove the vessel from heat.
•  This total process takes 25-30 minutes.
• Garnish with cashew nuts and raisins.

         Serve when cool

Tips-----

             Rice has cooked soft, not mushy so take care. Do not over cook. 

             Use non stick cooking vessel.