How to make kheer (rice pudding)

Kheer is delicious. It's good hot, cold, runny, thick, with cashews, with fresh fruit, with raisins, for breakfast, for dessert, for dinner, lunch... etc. I really love this recipe. :D

And it's super simple to make! So go on, impress people!

Step 1: Ingredients!

Starring:

• 3 cups milk (any kind you like - whole tastes the best, but 2% is just fine!)
• 1-2 cups water (to determine the thickness. I normally use 1 cup.)
• 1 cup condensed, sweetened, milk. (I like using fat free.)
• 1/2 cup sugar (you might want to try 1/4 cup first if you don't want it TOO sweet)
• 1 tsp. ground cardamom
• 1 cup rice (please use jasmine if you have it, it's the best as far as I'm concerned!)

Optional: add-ins!

• fresh fruit (mango is dreamy)
• raisins
• dried fruits (especially apricots!)
• nuts (I really like cashews in this - that's how it's made at my favorite Indian restaurant!)

Comments

[celerywink]

awesome good instructable i put in loads of cardomon and its delicios

[NessaRogers]

Instead of condensed milk try omitting the sugar and adding sweetened coconut milk, it's divine.

[jessyratfink]

I just wanted to tell you I did this the past couple of times and it's amazing!

[cjf]

This sounds lovely, can anyone testify to making it in a rice cooker?

tx
cj

[porcupinemamma]

How much sugar and cardamon-sorry if I missed this-are those peaches you added. it looks goooood. Thanks for the instructabe! Well done!

[jessyratfink]

1/2 cup sugar or less, depending on how sweet you like it, and a teaspoon or cardamom. :) Those are mangoes, but peaches are also really good!

[karossii]

I always have made a rice pudding with leftover rice that was cooked normally (anything from long grain, to specialty rices, to instant rice). I put in 3-4 cups of cooked rice, 2 cans of condensed sweetened milk, and stir over low heat; I then sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg to taste (usually a teaspoon or three of each). It is great to add raisins to, never tried any other fruits or nuts. It is great hot or cold, as you said... yum!

[jessyratfink]

Definitely try the fresh fruit bit, it's heavenly. :D I never seem to have leftover rice. I always find myself eating it right out of the fridge in the middle of the night.

[shooby]

Wow, a cup of condensed milk, this stuff must be pretty sweet.

[jessyratfink]

It definitely is. but you could always omit the sugar if you needed to. :D

[shooby]

Hey, sounds delicious, I wouldn't change the recipe. I use condensed milk in coffee and tea instead of milk and sugar, tasty tasty.

[LinuxH4x0r]

Looks good! I'll have to try this