Desserts

Bis bodi (sweet rice pudding)

Sweet rice simmered in coconut milk and scented with cardamom, with a creamy, slightly sticky texture. It's a traditional family dessert, served warm or cold.

50 min
4 servings
Medium
Budget-friendly
🇲🇻 Maldives

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Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

1 Cinnamon stick

Optional extras

2 tbsp Crushed cashew nuts

Nutrition facts

700 kcal per serving

Protein: 7.1 g
Carbohydrates: 75.8 g
of which sugars: 34.3 g
Fat: 40.4 g
of which saturated fat: 35.2 g
Fiber: 1.7 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

Rinse the rice under cold water until the water runs clear, then drain it.
Bring the water, the cinnamon stick and the crushed cardamom pods to the boil in a saucepan.
Add the rice and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring from time to time.
Pour in half the coconut milk, lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often.
Add the rest of the coconut milk, the sugar and the salt, then cook for another 10 minutes until the rice is tender and the mixture creamy.
Remove the cinnamon and cardamom, stir in the butter, then serve warm or leave to cool in the fridge.