Yield: 6 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
½ gallon | Whole milk |
6 ounces | Evaporated milk |
½ cup | Rice |
6 tablespoons | Sugar |
1 teaspoon | Ground cardamom |
4 \N | 5 almonds or pistachio's grated |
Soak rice in water for four to five hours, if possible overnight. Drain rice and put in coffee grinder (if necessary in batches). Add enough water to make a thick paste. Bring milk to boil milk in a heavy pot. Add cardamom. Reduce heat to low and continue heating while stirring continuously. When milk starts to thicken, add sugar, rice and evaporated milk and stir for another 5 minutes. Pour into separate dishes or glasses and sprinkle with almonds/pistachios. Serve hot or after it has been refrigerated for at least an hour.
From: Sanjiv Singh - This is my second most favorite dessert. It is an uncommon concoction from the Hyderabadi style of cooking. I remember it being served in small clay pots that held individual servings. This recipe comes from my mother.
Busted and entered for you by: Bill Webster Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #889 by Bill Webster <thelma@...> on Nov 08, 1997