Kesari Mishthan

Description

 * Ethnicity - Awadhi, North Indian
 * Type of meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

 * 3 Cups full cream milk (Whole milk)
 * 1/4 cup Sugar
 * 1/4 cup rice
 * 1/2 cup condensed milk
 * 2 tbsp. golden raisins (Kishmish)
 * Small Piece of nutmeg, powdered
 * 15-10 almonds, blanced and silvered
 * 4 Green Cardamoms (Chotti elaichi), powdered
 * 1/2 tsp. saffron threads, soaked in little warm milk

Directions

 * 1) Wash and soak rice in 1/2 cup of water for 1 hour. Cook the rice in the same water until the rice is fully cooked and water has dried up.
 * 2) To the cooked rice add milk. when the milk starts boiling, simmer and leave the kheer to cook till the milk starts thickening, stirring occassionally. Mash the rice a liitle, add Sugar and condensed milk.
 * 3) Add Raisins, almonds and saffron. Boil the mixture one more time. Remove from flame, add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.
 * 4) Keep aside. Allow to cool and then referigerate. Serve well chilled.
 * 5) Note : Left over boiled rice can be used in place of uncooked rice. But make sure the leftover rice should not have salt in it.