Kheer

Ingredients
1/3 cup rice
1/2 gallon whole milk
1 quart half and half milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 chopped almonds
1/4 chopped pistachios
1/4 cup cashews
1 tbsp butter
1-1.5 green cardamom freshly ground

Directions
Soak rice in water for 4 hours, then strain. Break rice with hand until you get tiny bits. Combine whole and half and half milk and boil. Add rice and cardamon and reduce while stirring frequently. Once it thickens to where you'd like, add in almonds and sugar. Do not overthicken. Kheer will thicken as it sits. A good check is if the spoon is coated and not runny when you dip it into the kheer.

In a separate pan, add butter and saute the cashews lightly. Add cashews to the milk once cooking is done. Then crush pistachios and decorate on top. Serves 8.