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Kheer


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Kheer (Sanskrit: Payasam, Oriya: Kheeri) is a traditional dish in the Indian subcontinent, a rice pudding typically made by boiling rice with milk and sugar. It is often flavored with cardamoms and pistachios. While the dish is traditionally made with rice, it can also be made with other ingredients such as vermicelli (semiya)

Prep:

1 hour

Servings:

Submitted by:

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Ingredients

1/4th
cup Long grain Rice (washed and drained)
4-5
cups Milk
2-3
cardamom seeds (crushed)
2
tbsp. almonds (blanched silvered)
A pinch of saffron threads, soaked in a little hot milk
1
tbsp skinned pistachio nuts (chopped)
1
tbsp raisins (optional)
2-3tbsp.
sugar or as desired

Directions

1.
Put the rice, milk and cardamom in a pan, bring to boil and simmer gently until the rice is soft and the grains are starting to break up.
2.
Add almonds, pistachio, saffron and raisins and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
3.
Add the sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
4.
Remove from heat and serve either warm or chilled.
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