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Kheer (Indian Rice Pudding with Cardamom)

Name: Kheer (Indian Rice Pudding with Cardamom)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: basmati rice 150 g; whole milk 800 ml; sugar 100 g; cardamom pods 4 g; pistachios, chopped 40 g; almonds, slivered 30 g; saffron 1 g

A slow-cooked rice pudding thickened with milk and scented with cardamom.

75 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

Kheer is what a South Indian kitchen does with leftover rice, simmering it down in milk with jaggery or sugar until the grains lose their shape. It is a cooling, faintly sweet dish served at festivals and at the end of a wedding meal. The reduction takes patience and constant stirring, and stirring less is exactly how the bottom catches and scorches.

Ingredients

basmati rice150 g
whole milk800 ml
sugar100 g
cardamom pods4 g
pistachios, chopped40 g
almonds, slivered30 g
saffron1 g

Directions

1
Wash and soak rice 20 minutes.
2
Simmer rice in milk with cardamom and saffron 40 minutes, stirring often.
3
Add sugar and cook 8 minutes until thick.
4
Garnish with pistachios and almonds; serve warm.

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