Ingredients:

• 2 litre – Milk
• 1/2 cup – rice, washed and soaked for 30 minutes
• 1 cup – Sugar
• 1/4 tsp – Cardamom powder
• 10 to 15 strands – saffron, crushed, soaked in 1 tsp warm Milk
• 10 – Almonds
• 10 – unsalted Pistachios
• 1 – peeled Apple
• 5 to 6 – seedless Grapes cut into pieces
• 1 – peeled Orange
• 6 to 7 – dates, soaked in water and cut into pieces

Method:

1. Crush almonds, pistachios coarsely, keep aside.
2. Boil rice in water till half done.
3. Drain, spread on a plate, to cool grains.
4. Heat milk, bring to a boil.
5. Add rice, stirring continuously, till boiling resumes.
6. Simmer, stirring occasionally, to keep rice from sticking to bottom.
7. Allow rice to cook fully, but not get mushy.
8. Add sugar, cardamom, saffron, almonds and pistachios. Stir and simmer for 2 mins.
9. Mix all the fruits. Cool it. Then chill and serve it.

Recipe courtesy of Lopamudra Parida