Ingredients :
Half cup black rice soaked overnight or more
1 red apple peeled cored and grated and one quarter diced
½ Litre Full Cream Milk
1 Inch Cinnamon Stick
1 Bay leaf
1 Black Cardamom
1Clove
2 Tbsp. Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp. Clarified Butter
2Tbsp. Condensed Milk
2 Tbsp. Honey
4-5 drops of vanilla essence
Method:
Pressure cook , overnight soaked rice with sufficient water (Normal rice water ratio 1:2) 8-10 whistle
In heavy bottom pan take boil milk on slow flam, let it reduce to half.
Take another pan and on low heat add clarified butter. Once its start melting add Cinnamon stick, bay leaf, black cardamom and clove. Saute for a minute then add grated and diced apple. Keep stirring add brown sugar , let it caramelized but do not over cook. Now in this apple mixture add rice along with its starch (add only half keep aside half to be added if required to get a pudding consistency) .Keep stirring for few minutes once the rice and apple mixed well add the reduced milk ,keep stirring .Look for the consistency .If required add the remaining rice one spoon at a time. Once you get consistency of your liking ad condensed milk . At this moment check for sweetness. Add honey and vanilla essence. Chill your pudding for 2-3 hours in refrigerator. Do not forget to remove whole spices before serving.
