Ksheerannam / Milk Pudding

Ksheerannam

This is a simple recipe with rich taste yet with minimal ingredients. Soaked rice cooked completely in thick milk along with safron gives the rich flavour.

Ingredients:

½ cup pudding rice or any other normal rice

7 cups whole milk

¾ cup sugar

Saffron – I pinch

Method:
1. Clean, wash and drain the rice.

2. Pour the milk into a heavy bottomed pan. Sprinkle in the saffron threads.
3. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon, bring the milk to the boil over moderately high heat.

Boiling Milk with saffron strands

4. Reduce the heat and add the rice and boil gently for 25 – 30 min.

5. Stir constantly with a smooth, sweeping action.

 

6. When the rice becomes creamy and slightly thick, remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the sugar, mix well and allow the sweet rice to cool slightly and serve warm. You can also offer this as neivedhyam.

Ksheerannam neivedhyam for Lord Srikrishna