Best Indian Pudding With Dried Fruit Compote Recipes

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INDIAN RICE PUDDING WITH FRUIT



Indian Rice Pudding With Fruit image

A wonderful, easy and versatile dessert. You can use fresh fruit, like peaches, kiwi, berries or bananas, or canned fruit of just about any kind.

Provided by Pesto lover

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

4 cups whole milk
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons honey
1/2-1 teaspoon ground cardamom seed
1/3 cup basmati rice or 1/3 cup long grain rice, rinsed well and drained
2 cups diced fruit, your choice
mint leaf, for garnish

Steps:

  • Heat the milk, condensed milk and honey with cardamom over med heat, stirring constantly so as not to scorch the milk. When it is just about at the boiling point, add rice and continue cooking, stirring often, about 45 min until rice is tender and about half the liquid has cooked away. Cool and refrigerate until cold. To serve, top the pudding with the fruit and garnish with a a couple of mint leaves.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 156, Fat 5.2, SaturatedFat 2.9, Cholesterol 15.4, Sodium 65.7, Carbohydrate 22.7, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 15.7, Protein 5.5

INDIAN PUDDING WITH DRIED-FRUIT COMPOTE



Indian Pudding with Dried-Fruit Compote image

Number Of Ingredients 15

For Indian pudding
2 1/2 cups low-fat (1%) milk
1/3 cup cornmeal
1/3 cup unsulfured molasses
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
For dried-fruit compote
1 cup apple cider
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/2 cup pitted prunes
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Steps:

  • Make pudding:
  • In a heavy saucepan stir together milk and cornmeal and bring to a simmer, stirring. Stir in molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and a pinch salt and simmer mixture, stirring, 30 minutes, or until very thick. Add butter, stirring until melted. Remove pan from heat and cool pudding 20 minutes, covered.
  • Make compote:
  • In a saucepan simmer cider, brown sugar, water, and lemon juice, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Add fruits and simmer 5 minutes more, or until fruits are softened and plumped up.
  • Put a spoonful of pudding in each of 8 shallow bowls or soup plates using a 2-ounce (1/4 cup) ice-cream scoop and top with some compote.

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