Ground-rice Pudding (mehallabia)

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 1 1/8 cups uncooked long-grain rice
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 1/2 cups hot milk (140 f)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons chopped pistachios
• 2 teaspoons rose water (can use a sprinkle of cinnamon instead)

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, soak raisins in hot water. in a blender, process rice 5 minutes on high.
• 2 in a medium saucepan, combine sugar, ground rice and cornstarch. stirring constantly over medium heat, gradually add milk; continue stirring until slightly thickened. simmer 15 minutes.
• 3 preheat oven to 400ºf. butter a 9-inch baking dish; set aside.
• 4 drain and dry raisins. stir soaked raisins, vanilla, and pistachios into pudding. pour into buttered dish.
• 5 bake 40 to 45 minutes or until a brown crust forms. stir crust into pudding; set aside to cool.
• 6 sprinkle pudding with rose water or ground cinnamon. serve warm with half and half or, refrigerate 3 to 4 hours before serving.