Rice pudding

[honeylemon]

Ingredients

Rice - 1/2 Cup
Milk 4 cups
Condensed Milk 1 cup
Sugar - 2 cups
Ghee(clarified butter)

OPTIONAL
Cashews, Elaichi(cardamom) powder and Saffron
Preparation
1 Fry the milk powder in Ghee (Golden color). Keep it aside.
2 Cook 1/2 cup rice with 1 cup water and 1/4 cup milk.
3 Meanwhile, boil milk, in reduced flame, add condensed milk.
4 Soak one spoon of raw-rice and 10-15 cashews in milk for 10 minutes. Grind it to a coarse paste. Add to the boiling milk. Add 2 cups of sugar, stir till it dissolves.

[spicekit]

I generally use this recipe. It's really nice

1/2 cup Rice (basmati)
4 cups Milk
1/4 cup Raisins
1 cup Sugar
1 tsp Cardamom (or nutmeg)
1/4 cup Almonds (shredded, blanched)
A few strands of saffron


1. Wash rice well.
2. Boil milk and add rice. Simmer on low heat for 1 1/2 hours. Stir frequently to prevent sticking.
3. When the rice is cooked and the mixture gets a semi-thick creamy consistency, add sugar and stir well.
4. Remove from heat and add cardamom, saffron,shredded almonds, and raisins.
5. Serve warm or chilled.