Category: Desserts
Rating:
3.37
Servings: 6
Ingredients
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup uncooked rice
2 cup boiling water
1 quart milk
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
3 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoon chopped almonds
2 tablespoon fresh coconut, grated
1/3 cup raisins
Directions: How to Cook India Khir (Rice Pudding With Almonds)
Add salt and rice to boiling water. Cook, stirring often until water has evaporated and rice is almost dry.
Place rice in well greased 2-quart casserole. Add milk, butter, and sugar.
Bake in very slow oven (275 degrees F.) about 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
In the last 10 minutes of cooking, add almonds, coconut, and raisins.
Garnish with coconut, if desired. Serve either hot or cold from casserole.
Recipe from: Mary Margaret McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking, Published by Homemakers Research Institute Evanston, Illinois Copyright 1959.
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