Views: Kheer |Rice Pudding Recipe | Easy Festival Sweet Recipe

Kheer  is our traditional sweet that's why  Kheer is prepared in festivals, temples, and all special occasions.It is considered a holy dessert and used as a part of Bhog/Prasad .On Sharad Poornima (falling on 18/10/13)v ,In Shradhas (going), Last day of Navratri there are so many occasions to treat our self.

Ingredients
1/2 cup long grain rice (washed and drained
1 ltr. milk
1/2 cup +3  tbsp sugar
2-3 cardamom seeds (crushed)
3-4 almonds,chopped
Few threads of saffron threads, soaked in a little hot milk
3-4 skinned pistachio nuts (chopped)
Few tbsp raisins (optional)


Method
Wash and soak rice for 30 min.
drain rice and Put the rice, milk  in a pan, bring to boil and simmer gently until the rice is soft and the grains are starting to break up.
Add the sugar and boil again for 5 min.
Add almonds, pistachio, saffron and raisins and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

Remove the  kheer from heat and serve either warm or chilled or With Poori

Note 
If you feel rice is more in kheer then add 1/2 cup of milk.