Rich Milk Kheer

Ingredients:

2 teacups milk

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup basmati rice, soaked in water for about 20 minutes

8 almonds, soaked in warm water for 10 mts, peeled and ground into paste

few strands of kesar soaked in 2 tsp milk

2 heaped tsp rice flour, dissoloved in 3-4 tsp milk

1/4 tsp cardamom powder

1/4 tsp cinnamon powder

1/4 tsp nutmeg powder

Method:

Pour the milk in a kadahi, when it begins to boil add sugar and stir till it dissolves completely.Drain out the water and add the rice to the milk and continue stirring for a few seconds. Next add the rice flour paste, almond paste, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder, cinnamon powder and keep on stirring for a few seconds. Finally pour the kesar dissolved milk and cook the kheer on low flame till the rice is fully cooked. Serve the kheer hot or chilled.