Recipe - India Khir (Rice Pudding With Almonds)

One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Uncooked rice
2 cup Boiling water
1 qt Milk
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine
3 tablespoon Sugar
3 tablespoon Chopped almonds
2 tablespoon Fresh coconut, grated
1/3 cup Raisins

Add salt and rice to boiling water. Cook, stirring often until water has
evaporated and rice is almost dry.

Place rice in well greased 2quart casserole. Add milk, butter, and sugar.

Bake in very slow oven (275 degrees F.) about 3 hours, stirring
occasionally.

In the last 10 minutes of cooking, add almonds, coconut, and raisins.

Garnish with coconut, if desired. Serve either hot or cold from casserole.

Recipe from: Mary Margaret McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking, Published by
Homemakers Research Institute Evanston, Illinois Copyright 1959.