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Chai Rice Pudding Recipe

Chai refers to tea cooked in warm milk and flavored with spices such as cardamom, ginger and cinnamon. These same flavors are a wonderful addition to old-fashioned rice pudding.

This recipe is:

Diabetic Friendly

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Chai Rice Pudding Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Cook: 40 min.

Yield: 10 Servings

10 40 50

Ingredients

8 cups 1% milk
1 cup uncooked basmati rice
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice

Directions

In a heavy saucepan, combine the milk, rice, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 35-40 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring frequently.
Remove from the heat; stir in the spices. Serve warm or chilled. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 10 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1/2 cup equals 189 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 159 mg sodium, 34 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 8 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1/2 fat-free milk.

Originally published as Chai Rice Pudding in Country Woman May/June 2006, p47