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kaikuthal rice kheer/hand pound rice kheer

Total Time 4 hours

Ingredients
  

  • Hand pound rice/kaikuthal arisi - 3tbsp
  • Sugar - 1/2-3/4cup
  • Homemade khoa - 4-5 tbsp
  • Milk - 2 cups
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Cardamon powder - 1/4tbsp
  • Some strands of saffron
  • Ghee as needed
  • Pista badam,cashew combined - 1/2 cup

Method
 

  1. Soak the kaikuthal arisi for 3-4 hours.
  2. In a kadai add ghee and roast the nuts.
  3. In the same ghee fry the rice golden.
  4. Now add the remaining ghee to a vessel heat up and add milk water mixture.
  5. Meanwhile grind both nuts and rice coarsely.
  6. When milk boils add the ground mix and cook with a closed lid for 20 minutes in medium flame.
  7. Add saffron and boil.
  8. Now add the khoya and sugar.
  9. Stir it and let it boil for 10 minutes.
  10. Now the content thickens up and kheer is ready to serve.

Notes

Should soak the rice at least for three hours before cooking the rice.
Here for this dessert I have cooked the rice in milk directly not in a pressure cooker.
but if you are not satisfied you can pressure cook the rice and then add it to the milk.