Muhallebi (cypriot Rice Powder Pudding)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups milk
• 1/4 cup sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon orange blossom water
• 1/2 cup rice flour

Recipe

• 1 in a basin or a large bowl, mix rice powder into a paste with a little milk taken from the 4 cups.
• 2 heat remaining milk to almost boiling point and pour onto the rice paste, stirring well.
• 3 return the mix to the saucepan and add orange blossom flower water and bring to boil over gentle heat while ***stirring continuously***.
• 4 once the mixture starts bubbling, reduce the heat and continue stirring continuously for another 5-10 minutes more. the continuous stirring makes sure it doesn't lump.
• 5 add sugar and keep stirring until it dissolves completely.
• 6 if the mixture becomes too thick dilute with a little milk or water.
• 7 pour the creamy mixture into small bowls (or a one large shallow dish approximately 1-1 and ½â€? deep.
• 8 decorate the pudding top with pistachios and almonds if desired.
• 9 helpful hints.
• 10 add sugar after the rice powder mixture has been stirred, boiled and thickened for at least 10 minutes.
• 11 at the end, you may wish to place the saucepan in cold water and beat the mixture for a few minutes before pouring into small dishes.