Keep aside 1 cup of milk and heat the rest of the milk in a thick bottomed vessel and when it starts to rise add the uncooked raw rice.

Keep stirring on low flame till the milk reduces in half and rice is cooked.

Now add sugar, saffron and the crushed cardamom and stir till sugar dissolves completely.

Keep stirring for another 5 minutes.

Roast cashew nuts and raisins in ghee and add it to the kheer.

Remove the kheer from fire and after 5 minutes add the saved milk to the kheer. :- this will make sure the kheer stays in the same consistency even when cold.

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