Rice pudding with spices - meghli

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A rice pudding with cinnamon, caraway, fennel and aniseed. It is garnished with coconut powder and nuts. It is traditionally served to announce the arrival of a newborn. The spices give it its brownish color.

Rice pudding with spices - meghli

A rice pudding with cinnamon, caraway, fennel and aniseed. It is garnished with coconut powder and nuts. It is traditionally served to announce the arrival of a newborn. The spices give it its brownish color.

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Ingredients

45 minutes
12 persons
  1. 1 1/2 cupssugar
  2. 9 cupswater
  3. 1 tablespooncaraway powder
  4. 1 teaspooncinnamon powder
  5. 1/2 tablespoonaniseed powder
  6. 1/4 teaspoonfennel powder
  7. For garnishing:
  8. 1 cupcoconut powder
  9. 1 cupraw almonds or walnuts
  10. 3/4 cupraw pine nuts

Cooking Instructions

45 minutes
  1. 1

    In a pot, put the rice powder with 2 cups of water. Stir them for 3 minutes.

  2. 2

    Add the remaining 7 cups water, the spices and the sugar to the pot and put it on high heat. Start stirring immediately as you put the pot on heat.

  3. 3

    Continue stirring continuously until the mixture thickens. Turn off heat.

  4. 4

    Pour in small serving cups and wait until the meghli cools completely before placing the cups in the refrigerator.

  5. 5

    To serve, garnish with a layer of coconut powder, pine nuts and almonds or walnuts.

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