Orange Rice Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/3 cup rice
• 2 cups skim milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 6 -8 dates (seedless)
• 1 teaspoon orange rind
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice

Recipe

• 1 pick, wash and soak rice in sufficient water for half an hour.
• 2 soak raisins in water for 15 minutes.
• 3 squeeze out excess water.
• 4 chop dates roughly.
• 5 finely shred orange rind.
• 6 boil milk in a non-stick saucepan.
• 7 drain and add rice to the boiling milk, reduce heat and cook, stirring continuously till the rice is soft and the milk is completely absorbed.
• 8 remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• 9 combine cooked rice withhoney, raisins, vanilla essence, chopped dates, shredded orange rind and fresh orange juice.
• 10 pour into a medium-sized ceramic or glass ovenproof dish.
• 11 bake the pudding in the preheated oven at 160c degrees for 15 minutes.
• 12 serve warm or chilled.