Recipe - Carrot Pudding W Cardamom And Pistachios

4 cup Milk
2 tablespoon Longgrain rice; (preferably
basmati)
2 cup Firmly packed peeled &
grated carrots, (about 1
lb)
One half cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Slivered blanced almonds
1/3 teaspoon Ground cardamom
1 teaspoon Rosewater; (or to taste)
One fourth cup Heavy cream
2 tablespoon Chopped blanched raw
pistachios

1. Bring the milk to a boil in a heavybottomed 3quart pan. Add the rice
and stir for a few minutes to prevent its settling. Reduce heat to
mediumlow and cook the milk at a bubbling boil for 20 minutes. The rice
will be thoroughly cooked and the milk reduced by half. Stir often to
ensure that no skin forms.

2. Add carrots and continue cooking, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until the
carrots are cooked and most of the milk has been absorbed by the carrots,
stirring often to prevent burning. The contents of the pan should reduce to
a thick, pulpy sauce.

3. Add sugar and almonds and cook, stirring constantly, until the pudding
is very thick and begins to stick to the bottom of the pan (about 10
minutes). Turn off heat and let the pudding cool to room temperature.

4. Stir in cardamom, rosewater and cream. Cover with plastic wrap and chill
thoroughy. Check the consistency of the pudding before serving. It should
be slightly thinner than American rice pudding, but not runny. If it looks
very thick, add a little milk (or more cream! fatlovin' Holly
:)). Serve in individual dishes, sprinkled with chopped pistachios.

Per author: You don't have to be a carrot lover to like this luscious
pistachiolaced pudding. Although this dessert is popular throughout the
North, it is really the favorite of the Punjabi....the desset is at its
best when thoroughly chilled.

NOTES : Indian name: Gajar ki Kheer Typed & formatted by Holly Butman
Holly's comments: Some brands of rosewater are stronger than others start
w. a lesser amount and adjust to taste. May be doubled w. no problem. May
be made a day in advance actually this is optimum to make sure it chills.

Recipe by: Julie Sahni, Classic Indian Cooking

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #775 by Holly Butman
butma001@acpub.duke.edu on Sep 08, 1997