Ingredients

• 1/4 cup - long grain rice, washed and drained
• 4 to 5 cups - milk
• 2 to 3 - cardamom seeds, crushed
• 2 tbsp - almonds, blanched silvered
• 1 pinch - saffron threads, soaked in little hot milk
• 1 tbsp - skinned pistachio nuts, chopped
• 1 tbsp - raisins
• 2 to 3 tbsp - sugar
• 1 tbsp - ghee

How to Make Plain Kheer

• Put the rice, milk and cardamom in a pan.
• Bring it to a boil and simmer gently until the rice is soft and the grains start to break up.
• Add almonds, pistachio, saffron and raisins and simmer for 3-4 mins.
• Add the sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Add ghee and keep stirring until cooked.