Rice Kheer

Ingredients

• 1 litre milk 
• 1 cup rice - uncooked
• Condensed milk - Half cup or Khova - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Vanilla essence 
• Dry fruits - Almonds, pistachio,raisins, cashew nuts...
• Whole cardamon, cinammon, and cloves - 1 -2 each
• Ghee - optional
• Food color - optional

Method

1. Wash and soak rice in water for 2 hrs minimum.
2. In a thick bottom vessel , add milk, once the milk comes to boil, lower the flame, add rice and allow the rice to cook, keep stirring constantly.
3. When the rice is half done, add sugar, condensed milk/ khova, food color and 2 - 3 drops of vanilla essence, mix well and let the rice cook completely.
4. If the milk dries out, you can add some more milk to it, the consistency of the kheer should be creamy.
5. Once the rice is cooked turn off the flame.
6. In a separate pan add 2 tbsp of ghee, whole cardamon, cinnamon  and cloves - 1 -2 each, chopped dry fruits, once this splutters add it to the kheer and mix well.

Kheer is ready to serve.

Note: while adding rice to the milk, add only the rice and not the water in which it was soaked.