Recipe: Delicious Kheer/Rice Pudding

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Kheer/Rice Pudding. Kheer is the original rice pudding, which became part of western cuisine through the British. I like this, but my husband and son didn't (too 'spicy' for them). The flavour is nice and somewhat creamy (would have been better and creamier with the proper proportion of.

Kheer/Rice Pudding Kheer is a creamy rice pudding and it's one of my favorite desserts to make and eat! This Indian dessert is served on all kinds of special occasions. If you've never tried kheer before, it's basically a milky pudding-like dessert that has a thinner consistency than American rice pudding. You can cook Kheer/Rice Pudding using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kheer/Rice Pudding

  1. Prepare 1/2 cup of Basmati Rice soaked.
  2. Prepare 1 kg of Full cream Milk.
  3. It's 1 cup of sugar.
  4. Prepare 4 of cardamom.
  5. Prepare 1 cup of roasted dry fruits(almonds, pistachio, cachew, raisins).

Kheer or Payasam is a type of pudding from the Indian subcontinent, made by boiling milk and sugar with one of the following: rice, broken wheat, millet, tapioca, vermicelli, or sweet corn. It is flavoured with desiccated coconut, cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashews, pistachios, almonds or other dry fruits and nuts. It is typically served during a meal or as a dessert Kheer recipe with step by step photos. Rice kheer is a favorite Indian dessert made with basmati rice, milk, nuts and saffron.

Kheer/Rice Pudding instructions

  1. Take a thick pan and start boiling milk. Add cardamom powder, can also add few shells..
  2. On first boil add rice and keep stiring on medium flame for about 40 minutes or till the milk is reduce to 1/4 of original size..
  3. Add sugar and stir well. It will again get slim consistency..
  4. Add chopped nuts and mix everything well. The color will be little rosy or gulabi of the Kheer by now. Shouldn't be too thick also. Remove from flame after 5-7 minutes..
  5. Serve cold or hot as per preference. Garnish with some almond shavings..

Rice kheer is also one of the most popular kheer variety made in North Indian cuisine along with Seviyan kheer and Phirni. This rice kheer recipe is a family recipe and one that I learned from mother in law. For any religious or festive occasions, my mother-in-law. Kheer is not as thick as a Western-style rice pudding, and should be still be a bit fluid when cool. Often I have used substitutions in this recipe, depending on what I had on hand.