Indian rice pudding

Photographer: Melanie Jenkins

This easy rice pudding dessert with Indian spices is delicious hot or cold and is ready in just 10 minutes.

Serves: 4

Time to make: 10 mins

Ingredients

420g can 99% fat-free vanilla-flavoured creamed rice
½ x 375ml can light evaporated milk
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ orange, zest
¼ cup sultanasgolden raisinsX
¼ cup pistachio nuts, chopped

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Instructions

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1 Pour creamed rice and milk into a saucepan. Add cardamom, cinnamon and orange zest. Stir and cook for 5 minutes until heated through.

2 Pour into heatproof glass ramekins. Serve warm sprinkled with extra sultanas and pistachios.

Serving suggestion

Serve as part of this budget Indian dinner party for four… three courses for under $4.50 per person!

$4.16 Onion fritters with mango relish
$4.88 Chickpea and tomato curry
$1.68 Lemon and cashew rice
$5.60 Indian rice pudding
$16.32 Total

Variations

This dessert is delicious hot or cold. To eat cold, leave pudding to cool then transfer to the fridge for a couple of hours.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 232 cal

Kilojoules 970 kJ

Protein 9 g

Total fat 6 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Carbohydrates 35 g

Sugar 28 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Sodium 90 mg

Calcium 160 mg

Iron 1 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.