Samai Rice Kheer

Ingredients :

• Samai rice [ varai thanthul ] - Slightly above 1 hand full [ soak in the water ]
• Milk - 2 1/2 litre [ whole milk ]
• Kesar [ safron ] - a pinch [ soak in warm milk ]
• Sugar - 2 cups or as required by taste
• Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
• Broken nuts - little [ for garnishing ]
• Ghee - 2 tsp

Method :

First take one heavy bottom kadai on broad non-stick vessel. Pour milk in that vessel and allow to boil. When the milk starts boiling, add the soaked rice to that, stir in between in low flame. When the rice gets completely cooked and the kheer becomes thick, add sugar and soaked safron to that and mix well. Cook 10 minutes more in low flame. Add cardamom powder. When the kheer gets ready, remove from the gas. Add ghee to that and garnish with broken nuts. Your yummy kheer is ready to serve.