Baked Rice Pudding (Kheer) Fusion Recipe

Traditional rice pudding is called Kheer) and cooked on stove top

Rice pudding known as Kheer and is one of the traditional desserts served warm or cold. Normally, it is not a baked item. However, we have modified the recipe to suite baking. Choice of type of rice is important to determine the creaminess of the pudding. In United States, short grain rice is getting scarce. I use Arborio (Italian Rice) available in most of the grocery stores. For holidays such as Christmas, add 1 teaspoon of ginger powder and 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg in Step 3. It would give the pudding an eggnog like flavor.

Ingredients

1. Water: 2 Cups
2. Rice: 1 Cup
3. Salt: 1/8 teaspoon
4. Whole milk: 2 Cups
5. Heavy Whipping Cream: 1 Cup
6. Sugar: ¾ Cup
7. Unsalted Butter: 1/8 Pound
8. Slivered Blanched Almonds (optional): ¼ Cup
9. Yellow raisins (optional): ¼ Cup
10. Cardamom powder: ¼ teaspoon
11. Nutmeg powder: ¼ teaspoon

Method

Step 1: Add Items 1, 2, 3. Bring to boil. Following the boil, simmer for 15 minutes or till almost all the water has been absorbed.
Step 2: Add milk and heavy whipping cream. Bring to a boil.
Step 3: In a Baking pan, add the all the ingredients.
Step 4: Pre heat oven to 375 º F. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
Refrigerate and serve.