Rice pudding (Payesh)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 gallon full fat milk
• 2 cups cooked rice
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup sugar

Method:

• Boil milk in a heavy bottomed saucepan until it reduces to half.
• The key to this dessert is vigilant, constant stirring to ensure that the contents do not stick to the bottom of the vessel.
• Add cooked rice, raisins and sugar and mix well till it attains a thick sticky consistency.