Rice Kheer

Basmathi rice               1 small cup

Milk                            1 ½ litre

Sugar                          200 gms

Cardamom                  2

Raisins                        10

Cashewnuts                10

Almonds                      5

Charoli /chirongi          15-20

Zaffran                        ¼ tsp

Ghee                           2 table spoon

Method:

Wash and soak the rice for about ½ hour.  Pressure cook it, grate it into a paste and keep it aside.

Boil the milk and keep aside.

Take a dish, heat the ghee, add the crushed cardamom, add the dry fruits and fry it lightly, then add the rice and the sugar and mix it well into the ghee and the dry fruits, pour the milk in and mix it well, add ¼ tsp  of zaffran, and allow it to cook on sim for about 10 minutes.  Check the consistency , it should be semi liquid.  Remove and serve it as a dessert in small bowls.