Mbatan

Name: Mbatan (Rice Pudding with Apricot Syrup)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 800 ml (28 fl oz) of whole milk; 1 tablespoons of rose water; 50 g (1¾ oz) of sugar; 2 tablespoons of water; 400 ml (14 fl oz) of water; ½ portion of Qamar al-Deen (pine nuts omitted); 2 teaspoons of cornflour (cornstarch); 15 g (¼ cup) of pistachio nuts (finely chopped); 125 g (4½ oz) of risotto or dessert rice (rinsed); 50 g (1¾ oz) of cornflour (cornstarch)

Rice Pudding with Apricot Syrup

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sumac

By Anas Atassi

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

125 g (4½ oz) of risotto or dessert rice (rinsed)
400 ml (

Asia
Syria
Dessert
Dinner
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Cook the rice with the water in a large saucepan on medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring constantly until the water is absorbed.

Add the milk, rose water, sugar and cornflour and cook the rice, stirring constantly for another 5 minutes until the sugar is dissolved and the pudding is thick.

Divide the pudding evenly into little bowls or glasses. Cool in the refrigerator.