Craving For Something 'Meetha'? Make Bengali Kheer, Nolen Gurer Payesh, Which Is Better Than Kheer With Sugar!

Ingredients

• ¼ cup rice
• 1 litre full fat milk
• 100 grams palm jaggery
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder
• 2 tbsp chopped cashews or almonds
• 1 tbsp kishmish
• 1 small bay leaf

Step

1. Step 1:

   Rinse ¼ cup rice and soak it for 20 minutes.

2. Step 2:

   Chop the jaggery.

3. Step 3:

   Boil milk in a heavy bottomed pan.

4. Step 4:

   Simmer heat it for 8 mins and keep stirring as we have to reduce and thicken it.

5. Step 5:

   Drain the rice of all water and add milk.

6. Step 6:

   Add the bay leaf and cardamom powder and mix.

7. Step 7:

   Simmer on low flame till the rice is cooked and stir often to avoid the rice from sticking to the bottom.

8. Step 8:

   Once the rice softens add the cashes and raisins and mix well.

9. Step 9:

   Remove the pan from the stove and let it cool for 5 minutes.

10. Step 10:

    Now add one part of the jaggery and mix well, and then add all of it slowly and keep mixing till it dissolves.

11. Step 11:

    Serve it hot chilled.