Friday, September 5, 2008

RICE PUDDING

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INGREDIENTS:

Raw rice--------------1/2 cup

Milk------------------2 cups

Sugar-----------------1/2 cup(can use jaggery)

Elaichi----------------2

Coconut grated-------1/4 cup

Cashew---------------4

Raisins---------------ur choice

Ghee-----------------for frying.





DIRECTIONS:

1.Wash and soak the rice in water before cooking it for 20-25 mins.

2.Drain out the water and set aside.

3.Take milk,powdered elaichi,sugar in a wide vessel and boil it for 10-15 mins.

4.Taste it and add if more sugar is needed.

5.When the milk comes to rapid boil add the raw rice,grated/dessicated coconut.

6.Cook it till the rice is completely done.

7.Its better to use more milk as once it gets cooled the rice pudding becomes thick .

8.Add the ghee -fried cashew and raisins to the pudding .Serve hot ...with ghee.....




This would be the first time that I ever sent an entry to the fellow bloggers.

This is my entry to Purva's festive food series - Krishna and Ganesh Chathurthi.

The event is on at http://purvasdaawat.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-krishna-and-ganesh-chaturthi.html.

Wish me good luck..........

6 comments:

Deepthi Shankar said...

lovely pudding raaji.. love having them during festivals .. nice blog raaji .. Ny first time here

Unknown said...

This is my comfort food..Great recipe Raaji

Archy said...

Thanks for dropping by Raagi..
Rice pudding looks so nice.. with tempting pic !!I love this sweet pudding:)!! Nice blog !!

Purva Desai said...

Rice pudding looks really tempting. You can send this entry for Krishna ~ Ganesh Chaturthi event as Rice pudding is milk based sweet.
Check blog for further details

Praneetha said...

tht's great raaji. I am glad you loved it. Will add ur blog to my blogroll. Yous too looks gr8.

Purva Desai said...

Thanks Raaji for the yummy entry for the event.

You can even sent your lovely write up on Ganesh for the event. Today is the last day for sending all the entries