Name: Milk rice
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 tbsp pitted medjool dates, chopped; 10 g currants or raisins; 100 ml water; ½ tsp ghee; 10 g blanched almonds or cashews, chopped and soaked for 1 hour; 5 cardamom pods (you can add these whole, or just use the seeds); ½ tsp coconut oil; 1 tsp coconut flakes; large pinch of ground turmeric; 2.5 cm (1 in) piece of fresh ginger, finely chopped; 4 tsp jaggery; 300 ml whole milk; 60 g (generous ¼ cup) white basmati rice

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

East by West

By Jasmine Hemsley

Published 2017

About

Rice pudding can divide a room. However, this Ayurvedic version, contributed by my friend and meditation teacher Jess Cook, has certainly ignited a renewed passion for rice pudding in anyone who has tried it! When I first ate this, one summer morning on a retreat, a warm feeling washed over me and I never forgot it.

This balancing and calming dish is dedicated to our Ayurvedic family friends, the Rajus. The recipe contains the most Sattvic Ayurvedic f