Rice pudding: Encyclopedia II - Rice pudding - Types of Rice Pudding

Rice pudding - Types of Rice Pudding

Rice puddings are found in nearly every area of the world. Recipies can greatly vary even within a single country. The dessert can be boiled or baked. Different types of pudding vary depending on preparation methods and the ingredients selected. The following ingredients are regularly found in rice puddings.

• rice ( long or short grain white rice, brown rice, black rice, basmati, or jasmine rice)

• milk (whole milk, coconut milk, cream, evaporated or condensed)

• spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger etc.),

• flavorings (vanilla, orange, lemon, pistachio, rose water etc.),

• sweetener (sugar, brown sugar, honey, fruit or syrups)

• eggs

The following is a short list of various rice puddings from different regions.

• Kao Niow Dahm (Thai) Black Rice Pudding

• Banana Rice Pudding (Cambodian)

• Babao Fan (Chinese, 八寶飯) Eight Treasure Rice Pudding

• Pulut Hitam (Malaysian) Black glutinous rice pudding

• Kheer (Indian) with boiled down cow's milk

• Phirni (North Indian) with broken rice, cardamom and pistachio served cold.

• Sütlaç(Turkish) with milk and vanilla

• Moghlie(Arab) with anise and ginger

• Riz bi Haleeb(Arab) with rose water

• Shola-e-zard (Persian) with saffron

• Budino di Riso (Italian) with raisins and orange peel

• Risalamande (Danish) with whipped cream and almonds

• Riskrem (Norwegian)

• Risgrynsgröt (Swedish)

• Mliečna ryža (Slovak)

• Arroz Doce (Portuguese) with milk, cinnamon and lemon

• Arroz con Leche (Spanish) with cinnamon and lemon

• Milchreis (German) with cinnamon

• Arroz con Leche (Latin American) varied preparation

• Arroz con dulce (Puerto Rican) with coconut milk

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Types of Rice Pudding", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki