Posted by: Pretty August 28, 2006
Recipe
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Let's dedicate this thread for recipe.
I will start with a sweet dish.

Kheer:

Ingredients:
1 litre milk, 1 tbsp basmati rice(washed), 1 cup sugar, 2-3 bay leaves, 5 cardamoms, 4 cm cinnamon, 4 cloves, a pinch of salt, 1 tsp ghee.

For Garnishing:6 almonds(sliced), a handful of raisins, 8 cashewnuts(chopped), a little ghee.

Method:
Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add bay leaves.
When they splutter add 2 tbsp sugar. Lower the heat and stir the sugar.
When it gets dark brown in colour, add milk. When the milk comes to a boil, add rice and stir well.

Pressure cook for 10-15 minutes.When cool, mix the rice and milk well with a hand beater.Add sugar and simmer for 5 minutes.Remove from heat.Powder cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves finely, and add to the milk.Stir well. Heat a little ghee and fry the raisins, cashewnuts and almonds lightly.Add to the milk and serve.
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