Raj Rice Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 6 cups whole milk
• 3/4 cup basmati rice
• 1 cup cream or 1 cup half-and-half
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 teaspoons vanilla or 1 vanilla bean
• 1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup splenda sugar substitute
• 6 allspice berries
• 6 whole cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 green cardamom pods

Recipe

• 1 slowly bring milk, rice, 3/4 of your cinnamon stick and a split vanilla bean (if you have it) to a boil and simmer for about 45 or 50 minutes.
• 2 this will burn easily so use a heavy pot.
• 3 while you are waiting grind the remaining 1/4 of cinnamon stick, allspice, cloves and the seeds from the cardimum pods.
• 4 this is your spice mixture.
• 5 when rice becomes very soft, remove the cinimon stick and vanilla bean (if you had one), combine together cream, egg yolks,vanilla (if you did not have a whole bean) spice mixture and sugar.
• 6 temper it with the hot milk and rice.
• 7 then add to rice mixture.
• 8 cook until it thickens.
• 9 pour it into your favorite seving dish, chill and enjoy.