Rice Kheer - Rice Pudding
A one pot traditional South Asian dessert, made with rice, sugar and milk. Garnished with nuts and served cold.
Prep Time0 minutes mins
Cook Time50 minutes mins
Total Time50 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: pakistani, South Asian
Diet: Halal
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 405kcal
- 1 cup Basmati rice soaked in water for atleast 20 mins
- 2 cup water
- 1 Litre full fat milk
- 2 cup white sugar or to taste
- 1 can condensed milk 375 gm
- 1 can evaporated milk (add more or less according to thickness preferred)
Garnish
- 2 tbsp sliced or chopped pistachio and almonds or any nuts you like
- rose buds or petals optional
In the pot, add rice and water. Simmer at medium flame until all the water evaporates and rice doubles in size. Use a hand whisk to stir the rice
Add green cardamom and milk and let it simmer at low flame. Whisk with your hand whisk from time to time. This will take 20 mins
Add sugar and condensed milk and cook for another 20 mins. Whisk to make sure the rice grains don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
You will see the rice grains will have broken down into smaller bits and the rice and milk would now be in a pudding consistency. Turn off the flame and let the kheer cool down.
Now add evaporated milk. Add as much as you like for the consistency you prefer.
- To substitute Sweetened Condensed Milk – Use a combo of more sugar and heavy cream instead.
- To substitute Evaporated milk – I use evaporated milk to adjust the thickness and the sweetness of the kheer once it’s cooked while enhancing the flavor. The following are great substitutes for evaporated milk: a) Milk powder mixed with milk to make a thicker milk alternative. b) Regular milk mixed in with chunks of khoya, or Indian mithai like barfi, kalakand. c) Unwhipped Heavy cream
- Use a tava or pan below the pot if you see your kheer is burning at the edges
- Kheer which is near to completion, might splutter a little bit, just be mindful of that.
- You can adjust how much-evaporated milk you want to add depending on how thick you want your kheer to be.
Serving: 1g | Calories: 405kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 431mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 70g | Vitamin A: 357IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 339mg | Iron: 0.3mg