India Khir

Ingredients

1 gr salt
30 gr rice
475 ml boiling water
950 ml milk
14 gr butter
38 gr sugar
24 gr almonds
10 gr coconut
55 gr raisins

Instructions

Add salt and rice to boiling water. Cook, stirring often until water has evaporated and rice is almost dry. Place rice in well greased 2 litre casserole. Add milk, butter, and sugar. Bake in very slow oven (275 degrees F.) about 3 hours, stirring occasionally. In the last 10 minutes of cooking, add almonds, coconut, and raisins. Garnish with coconut, if desired. Serve either hot or cold from casserole. Recipe from: Mary Margaret McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking, Published by Homemakers Research Institute Evanston, Illinois Copyright 1959.