Rice Pudding With Date Palm Jaggery

Name: Rice Pudding With Date Palm Jaggery
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 600 ml full cream milk; 2 tbsp gobindobhog (ambemohar) or any small grain aromat rice; 2 tbsp grated date palm jaggery; 1 tbsp raisins; 7-8 cashewnuts chopped; 1 pinch salt; 3 tbsp powder milk or khowa; 1 tsp cornflour

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Nolen Gurer Payesh or Rice Pudding is an aromat rice kheer specially made during winter.Date palm jaggery or Nolen Gur (New Gur) is seasonal and available during winter and has a distinct flavour.This gur is mainly available in Bengal as a local product.Many sweet delicacies can be prepared with this gur and Nolen Gurer Payesh or pudding cooked with it is simply delicious and made on special occasions like birthdays, puja and Makar Sankranti.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

4 servings

600 mlfull cream milk
2 tbspgobindobhog (ambemohar) or any small grain aromat rice
2 tbspgrated date palm jaggery
1 tbspraisins
7-8cashewnuts chopped
1 pinchsalt
3 tbsppowder milk or khowa
1 tspcornflour

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Steps

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Soak small grain aromat gobindobhog rice with warm water for half hour.Boil milk in a heavy bottomed saucepan.Add rice and boil till soft. Grate khowa and add it to the boiling milk.Boil till milk is reduced to half.
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Dilute 1 tsp cornflour in water or cold milk and pour this slurry in the boiling kheer/pudding.Give it a good stir so that it doesn't burn underneath.This prevents the milk from curdling.Add the grated jaggery and dilute it in the boiling milk.The rice and milk consistency should be thick.Add a pinch of salt to balance sweetness.Garnish with chopped cashewnuts and raisins.Allow the kheer/pudding to set in fridge.Serve chilled after dinner a delicious dessert.