Chawal ki kheer (Rice pudding)

Hi Friends,

Let me share the most common dessert recipe of North India...it's chawal ki kheer ( rice pudding). I am sure lots of you must already be knowing this recipe but then there are few tricks which are important to know to make it delicious and so I will share the recipe here.

CHAWAL KI KHEER:

INGREDIENTS:

Chawal (Rice)

Sugar

Kishmish (Raisins)

Badam (Almonds)

Choti Elaichi (Green Cardamom)

Kesar (Saffron)

Desi ghee

METHOD:

Wash chawal thoroughly. Put a little desi ghee in a thick bottomed pan on low heat. Add choti elaichi powder in ghee and add washed chawal - fry for 2 minutes and then add milk and let it cook on slow flame. You need to keep the milk adding and stirring the kheer else it will start burning at the bottom.For a thick creamy kheer I use a litre of milk with 75-100 gms of rice.Add kishmish and chopped badam.

Cook till the texture of kheer is thick and creamy as shown in the picture and rice grain are  properly cooked. Now add sugar as per your taste and some saffron strands.

Serve it hot or after properly cooling it in fridge...I like both ways.

TRICK: To get rich creamy taste of kheer, cook the rice in milk and then reduce- some people reduce the milk first and then add cooked rice which spoils the taste of kheer.