Kheer

Ingredients:

1l full cream milk

1/2 cup tukda rice

4 tbsp sugar

Crushed cardamom

2-4 strands Kesar

Chopped dry fruits



Method:

Thoroughly wash the rice and soak them. In a heavy bottomed container, keep the milk to boil. While the milk boils, take the seeds of cardamom and crush them. Chop the dry fruits.

Strain the water from the rice. As milk starts to boil, add the rice and keep stirring for a few minutes. Add the saffron (Kesar) strands, cardamom powder, chopped dry fruits and thoroughly mix.

Let it cook till the consistency thickens. The milk quantity reduces to almost half when the kheer is completely cooked. Keep stirring after every few minutes to make sure, the rice gets properly mixed with the milk.

Turn off the flame, add sugar and mix it completely. Let it cool and then refrigerate.