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The last one of our little Indian series! But I am sure you will see more Indian recipes here. Indian food tastes like home to me. I learned cooking with indian dishes. So it’s always something special for me!
A good Indian meal needs a great dessert! And a good Indian dessert is rich, creamy and yummy!
So here’s another traditional one: Indian Rice Pudding. It’s easy yet delicious!
And obviously I am not the only one who likes it ;) Must be an indian Elephant whose trunk ended up in pudding…
Indian Rice Pudding
- 1 cup white basmati rice
- 4 cups almond milk
- a pinch of salt
- sweetener: agave syrup, xylit or your favorite one!
- optional: 1 tbsp rose water and 4 capsules cardamom
Heat milk in a pot and add rice. Cook and stir, some plant based milks burn pretty fast! Add salt, spices and sweetener of choice! (I used agave. As milk, I used a rather rich and thick homemade almond milk. I guess it was somewhere between milk and cream. Store bought cream works too, though!)
When the rice is soft and done (after about 15 min), either mash it with a masher (yes, the one you’d use for potatos!) or mix / puree it with your blender or hand mixer. I actually prefer the mashed version, but it depends on the consistence you want to achieve: creamy like pudding or a sweet rice. You choose.
Decorate with chopped pistachios! Enjoy!
Note: Cardamom and rose water are not for everyone. I love cardamom, but I know as many people who hate it, too. It’s a typical spice for Indian dishes and desserts though. However, make sure that you like the spices before you add them all!
Playful and hungry 
Love the lego elephant (and the dish of course)
I love cardamom and rose water. A fellow cupcake cultist has put them both in cupcakes – deelish!
Oh, yummy! Cardamom cupcakes are still on my to do list!
MMMMMMM! A tasty & yummy looking dessert!
This looks delicious! I love the chopped pistachios on top too.
You have the cutest Lego characters! I love that elephant :-) and I don’t blame him for going after the dessert. Rice is my favorite pudding. I never thought of adding rose water to it though… Interesting… Is it traditionally used in Indian food?
Yes, it’s used in many Indian desserts! They also put it in Lassi, cookies and all kind of candy.
Sweet and simple, that looks great! I would be sorely tempted to pass it off as a breakfast option, too. ;)
I actually had it for breakfast, too. =D
For dessert AND breakfast!
Reblogged this on Vegan by Necessity and commented:
I hadn’t realized how simple the recipe is!
I was thinking I may give up rice pudding but I am going to try it this way. The issue I must have been having is the lack of plant based cream or runny almond milk. Thanks for sharing.