Desserts

Kheer

    Ingredients :

        Raisins for garnish
        One half cup of rice
        6 cups of milk
        3/4 cups of sugar
        Cinnamon to taste

Wash the rice well and cook it with the milk to a boil, stirring constantly.  This will prevent the milk and rice from sticking and burning at the bottom of the pan, and it will save you a wretched cleaning job.  Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the sugar and cinnamon and mix well.  Place in refrigerator until cool.  Serve cold.  You may wish to garnish with raisins.

Kulfi

Gulaab Jaman

   Ingredients:

• Carnation Milk Powder   -   2 1/2 cups
• All-purpose Flour   -   1/2 cup
• Heavy whipping cream   -   1/2 pint
• Baking soda   -   A pinch
• Sugar   -   3 cups
• Water   -   5 1/2 cups
• Cardamon (Elaichi) in powder form  -   4-5
• Oil   -   For frying

Mix together the milk powder, flour and baking soda.  Add the whipping cream and knead this mixture together.  Keep the dough soft and pliable; if it starts to get tough, add more milk to it.  Set aside.  To make the sugar syrup that goes along with this dessert, add the three cups of sugar to the five and a half cups of water and boil this mixture.  After it comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and let it heat for about five minutes. add the powdered cardamom and mix.  During the time, roll the dough into little spheres, roughly an inch to an inch and a half in diameter.  Fry each ball until golden brown, but make sure they remain soft and they don't become crunchy.  Let them cool.  Once cooled down, add the jamans to the syrup mixture and place in refrigerator.  Serve cold.