Rice Pudding Recipe Lebanese

Riz bi haleeb which is arabic for rice pudding is similar to a traditional rice pudding but with a delicious lebanese spin on it.

Rice pudding recipe lebanese. This rice pudding is flavored with orange blossom water and rose water giving it wonderful sweet flavor and aromatic hints of floral. You also will need whatever toppings you choose to decorate it with such as shredded coconut ground or chopped pistachios almonds pine nuts and golden raisins. In a large cooking pot add the rice flour the sugar the caraway the cinnamon and the anise and mix them well before adding the water.

I always start by washing and cooking the rice until the water it almost dry about 10 12 minutes boil time. A handful of pine nuts. You can also soak the rice in hot water for 30 minutes.

Let the mixture cook at low heat stirring constantly for about 20 minutes. Bring to the boil over a medium heat then reduce the heat until the milk is. Add cornstarch and mix well with spoon until it is smooth.

Of hot rice mixture to this cup of egg and cold milk mixture. Cook the rice in water until it has absorbed almost all the water and is tender use directions on the package or add enough water to cover the rice by one inch i used 1 1 3 cup of water add the milk and bring the mixture to a boil. As i mentioned it takes 3 main ingredients and that s milk rice and sugar as well as orange blossoms water for flavoring.

How to make the lebanese rice pudding riz bi haleeb. Transfer the soaked rice with the water to a large pot. Boil the milk with the sugar and rice on low heat for 15 minutes or until the rice softens all while stirring continuously.

2 heaped tablespoons turmeric powder. Add the turmeric powder and place on high heat. To a heavy bottomed pan handi pour milk and start heating on medium heat.