Rice Kheer

Ingredients

• Basmathi Rice - 1/2 cup
• Milk - 5-6 cups
• Sugar - 1/2 cup or as desired
• Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp
• Almonds - 1 tbsp (crushed)
• Pistachio - 1 tbsp (crushed)
• Saffron threads - a pinch (soaked in a little hot milk)

Method

• Soak the rice for 1/2 an hour.
• In a heavy bottom pan add milk & rice together.
• Bring milk to boil and simmer & cook till the rice is soft.
• The kheer should have been thicken by this time.
• Add sugar & mix well.
• Add almonds, pistachio, cardamom, saffron & remove the kheer from heat.
• Serve either hot or cold.

Tips for the recipe - You can adjust the quantity of nuts as per the taste. Cook the kheer only on low medium flame.