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Kheeranand (Rice Halwa) Recipe

Kheeranand is Rice Halwa, while Kheer is Rice pudding. Kheeranand has twice the amount of rice, and the rice is fried in Ghee

Ingredients

Sweet Slurry

1. Regular milk: 2 cups

2. Sugar: 1 cup

3. Cardamom seeds: ½ teaspoon

4. Saffron: 8 strands

Cooking Halwa

1. Ghee: ¼ cup

2. Basmati Rice: 1 Cup

3. Green cardamom cracked open: 4

4. Cloves: 4

5. Cinnamon stick 2" broken in half: 2

6. Sliced Almonds: ¼ Cup
7. Split Cashews: ¼ Cup

8. Pistachio coarse chop: ¼ Cup
9. Raisins: ¼ Cup

10. Regular Milk: 2 Cups

Method

Prepare sweet slurry

1. Mix milk, sugar, cardamom seeds. Bring to a boil. Add saffron. Shut off heat. Cover. Set aside for about 10 minutes to let aromas infuse.

Cooking Halwa

1. Heat Ghee in a heavy bottom pan

2. Keep heat low to medium. Add Rice, Cardamom Cloves and Cinnamon. Stir-fry. The rice will become white opaque and then fluffy.

3. Add almonds cashews pistachios. Continue stir frying. The nuts wil give out aroma, the rice will start to shrink.

4. Add raisins and milk. Let it cook on medium heat stirring as most of the milk is absorbed. 5. Add sweet slurry. Stir. Cook till all the slurry is absorbed

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