Hello darlings today I'm going to make a traditional Punjabi Indian dessert.
Now I say Punjabi Indian dessert.
It's also made in a lot of other Indian household as well.
It's 'Rice Pudding', also known as 'Kheer.'
And this 'Rice pudding' is totally different from what I was used to at school.
This is warm, it's fragrant, it's got nuts in it.
And usually it is made when there's a celebration.
Diwali, Baisakhi, even the birth of a new born.
Let's get cracking, I'll show you how.
Hold on.
So here I have a litre of full fat Milk.
Don't use skimmed milk, don't use half fat.
What's the point! Full Fat.
In it goes.
So what we need to do, we need to wait for this to come to a boil.
And then we'll move on to the next step.
'Patience is a virtue'.
So now my milk has had one boil.
I'll turn the gas down little bit.
And into that I'm going to add my Rice.
This is about a third cup of Basmati Rice which, I just let you know,
I soaked for about 15-20 minutes and rinsed it thoroughly in running water.
So in that goes.
Now that the rice is in there.
It's a matter of being, patient.
Stir it.
And what I'm going to add into that just for flavour.
Some Cardamom pods, about 3 or 4.
This gives a lovely fragrant, but keep it on a medium heat.
And keep stirring because you don't want to milk to burn.
And you don't want the rice to stick.
We'll cook this for about 50 minutes to an hour.
Until the rice is just, giving way in your fingers.
So as you can see the milk is reduced by half.
I'm just going to show you the consistency of the rice.
And how it should look.
So you can see that the milk is thickened,
that the rice should be mashing like that,
so as you're stirring remember to keep scraping the sides down.
Because that's where there is flavour.
Right, that's reduced nicely, we're almost there.
So now is time to add the Sugar, I've got about a third of a cup here.
You can always add more, if you like it sweet.
Stir.
And now some Golden Sultanas, these are lovely.
Nice little plump, babies in they go.
Stir.
Give this about I'd say, two minutes.
Its smells bloody delicious.
So I'm going to put some almonds in.
These I soaked overnight peeled them, chopped them.
Perfect.
Stick those in.
In it goes.
So once you've added in the almonds you can see that it's got really thick.
So this is the kind of texture you want.
we'll turn that gas off.
You want this nice drop in consistency.
Not too runny not too thick.
Now we're going to put in some crushed Pistachios.
Sprinkle them in, as many as you like.
I think, that much should be cool.
Oh it's looking so pretty.
And that's it guys.
I think I deserve a little taste.
Ah, its smells lovely.
Oh my god.
Hmm. Perfect.
And a few little Rose Petals.
Aww that's look so pretty.
And there you have it my darlings my delicious fragrant 'Rice Pudding.'
I can't wait to tuck it.
Ahh!