Kalyan's Indian Rice Pudding (Kheer)
Kalyan made this for us while visiting for Christmas. He called it "paravannam."
Yield
4 servingsPrep
20 minCook
20 minReady
60 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
rice
|
|
| 2 | cups |
milk
|
|
| ½ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | x |
salt
to taste |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
rice
|
|
| 473 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 118 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | x |
salt
to taste |
*
|
Directions
Boil milk.
Add uncooked rice. Keep stirring until rice is almost done.
Add sugar when rice is almost done--not before or rice will stop boiling.
Add nuts and raisins.
Add about 5 whole pods cardamon at the very end. (Or substitute powdered cardamon.) add a little salt.
Pick out the cardamon seeds before serving if using.
Good served cold, too.
Note: You can add raisins, raw cashews (fry on stovetop in ghee. You can buy this at an Indian store, or sustitute butter.), or cardamon in pods.
