Dessert Recipes - Riz Bil-Halib

Ingredients

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup short-grain (pudding) rice

• 450 ml/2 cups water

• 375 ml/13 fl oz full-cream milk

• 100 g/4 oz/1/2 cup granulated sugar

• 10 ml/2 tsp rose water

• A few crystallized (candied) rose petals (optional)

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Method:

1. Wash the rice thoroughly in several changes of cold water. Place in a saucepan and add the water.

2. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in the milk, sugar and rose water and simmer, stirring until thick and creamy and the rice is tender.

3. Cool slightly, then pour into individual dishes. Leave until cold, then chill before serving decorated with crystallized rose petals, if liked.