To celebrate my first Award, here is jatpat kheer(Rice Pudding)

WOW! I am overwhelmed to receive this award! It's a really nice surprise from my friendly fellow blogger Renuka, http://cookingyummy.blogspot.com/. Thank you for keeping my blog in mind- its very much appreciated.
Thank you, also to everyone who has visited my blog and helped it to grow.  Your encouragement and kind words have brought me alot further than I hoped in my first 3 weeks of blogging....

I would love to share this award to my fellow bloggers:
Jaya - http://spiceandcurry.blogspot.com/
Siddhi - http://siddhiscookingexperiences.blogspot.com/
Prasu - http://myculinaryworld-prasu.blogspot.com/
Lata Raja - http://lata-raja.blogspot.com/

Deepa - http://www.foodlyrics.com/

Padma - http://padmasrecipes.blogspot.com/

Priya - http://priyaeasyntastyrecipes.blogspot.com/

Please accept this award!!!!

Kheer

At first, I thought that kheer can only be made by stirring and stirring for hours on end. Then, I found another method from my mum that makes the same delicious kheer in less than half the time.  Since then, this has been the way that I make kheer and it's been a hit everytime.

You will need:

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  rice - 1/2 cup
  
  
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  milk - 4-5 cups
  
  
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  sugar - 3/4 cup
  
  
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  ghee - 1 tbsp
  
  
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  double cream or evaporated milk - 1/2 cup
  
  
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  dry fruits and nuts - small handful
  
  
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  cardamom and nutmeg powder - 1 tsp
  
  
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  saffron threads soaked in warm milk
  
  

Method:

wash the rice and put into a pressure cooker with about 2 cups of milk and ghee (use a big pressure cooker) and cook the rice up to 2-3 whistles. Meanwhile, boil the rest of the milk. Then add the cooked rice into the milk and keep stirring for about 10 mins then add the sugar. Cook for another 5 mins then turn off the heat. Now add the cream or evaporated milk and all of the powders, dried fruit, nuts and saffron. Leave to rest for about 5-10 mins, then serve

Hope you like my jatpat kheer