Sweet Rice Kheer - Lightened Up
We sweetened this kheer with a touch of brown sugar and spiced it with cardamom. While it's great on its own, the addition of some golden raisins bring up the kheer's sweetness, and some pecans give it a nice bit of crunchy texture. Plus, we've lightened things up with some low-fat milk, making it a delicious, guilt-free dessert.
Ingredients
For rice kheer recipe:
- ½ cup Basmati rice
- 5 cups 1% milk
- ½ cup sugar, minus 1 tbsp
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 2 tbsps chopped nuts almonds or pecans work nicely
- 2 tbsps golden raisins plus more for topping if desired
Instructions
Preparation
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Wash the rice under running cold water until the water runs clear. The easiest way to do this is by using a fine mesh sieve for this, just keep swirling the rice around while the water runs. You can also combine the rice and some water in a bowl and swirl things around, drain the water, and repeat the process until the water is clear.
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Soak the rice in water for 20-30 minutes. Once soaked, drain the water from the rice.
Making the Kheer
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Using a medium saucepan, bring the milk to a boil over medium heat.
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Add your soaked rice to the milk. Lower the heat and let the mixture simmer over a medium-low heat for 20-25 minutes, or until the rice is tender. Give the mixture a stir every five minutes to make sure your mixture isn't sticking to the pan. You want the rice to be soft, and the mixture to be loose and the two ingredients to still separate.
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Add the sugar, brown sugar and cardamom into the rice and milk, mixing until the sugars have dissolved completely.
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Add the nuts and raisins, stirring to combine everything in the pan.
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Let the kheer simmer for 5-7 minutes. It will thicken up during this time, and you're looking for a mixture that won't separate when poured out of a ladle.