Stove Top Rice Pudding from Leftover Rice

Caretta's Note:

My husband loves rice pudding and I always cook extra rice. I just made this recipe up and we love it! It has some indian spices in it to make it a little different. Hope you like it!

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 3 cups leftover cooked rice (I like basmati or Jasmine)
• 2 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 dashes mace or 3 dashes nutmeg
• 1 pinch saffron
• 1/3 cup golden raisin
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 4 (1 g) packets Splenda sugar substitute (I used 4 packets Or sweeten to taste)

Directions:

1. In a small saucepan, combine all dry ingredients.
2. Slowly whisk in milk till well blended. Put saucepan over medium heat.
3. Add Butter and vanilla.
4. Whisk or stir until mixture thickens.
5. Remove from heat and add brown sugar and splenda packets to desired sweetness.
6. Combine rice, raisins and contents of saucepan. Enjoy warm or refrigerate and eat it later. This is really good -- you might eat too much!

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

This is a different rice pudding that is good. DD (4 years) picked out the golden raisins which I did find complemented the spices yet would cut them down another time. I used just cooked Indian white Basmati rice, an alternative milk that wasn't great, the rice was cooked with sea salt, I used sweet butter (unsalted), sweet rice flour instead of corn starch for the starch, whole bruised cardamom pods because I was lazy, alcohol free vanilla from the health food store, allspice in place of mace and nutmeg because e do not consume intoxicants, a big pinch of Spanish saffron, white sugar in place of the splenda, plus the rest of the ingredients. Ours wasn't very sweet. Enjoyed more at room temperature.

[JackieOhNo!]

I had some leftover jasmine rice, which was perfect for this recipe. I found, however, that it got a little too thick and perhaps next time I would try less rice. The spice combination tasted very exotic, but could be a little overwhelming after a bit. I found some nice fresh whipped cream complemented this nicely. Thanks for posting this. Made for Spring PAC 2009.

[quick meal]

Made this tonight for my hubby from leftover dinner rice. Didn't have saffron or cardamon so I just left them out. I will def make with both next time. This didn't thicken as much as I would have liked. Thanks for another way to use up that leftover rice.