Muhallabia Ground Rice Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• In a small bowl, soak raisins in hot water. In a blender, process rice 5 minutes on high.
• In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, ground rice and cornstarch. Stirring constantly over medium heat, gradually add milk; continue stirring until slightly thickened. Simmer 15 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Butter a 9-inch baking dish; set aside.
• Drain and dry raisins. Stir soaked raisins, vanilla, and pistachios into pudding. Pour into buttered dish.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until a brown crust forms. Stir crust into pudding; set aside to cool.
• Sprinkle pudding with rose water or ground cinnamon. Serve warm with half and half or, refrigerate 3 to 4 hours before serving.

Steps:

• Combine milk and sugar together in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
• Whisk water and cornstarch together in a bowl until smooth; stir into boiling milk. Cook milk mixture over medium heat until thickened to the consistency of cake batter, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and stir cream, rose water, and cardamom into milk mixture.
• Refrigerate milk mixture until completely cooled, 2 to 4 hours.

Steps:

• Blend ground rice in a 1/4 cup of milk.
• Bring remainder of milk to a boil and blend in the ground rice mixture, salt & sugar.
• Stir constantly until the mixture bubbles gently (medium high heat).
• Simmer for 5 minutes, stir frequently lower heat if necessary so the mixture cooks slowly Add ground almonds and blend until smooth.
• Add rose water.
• Remove from heat and stir occasionally until the mixture cools slightly.
• Pour into a serving bowl and garnish with nuts (optional).