Turmeric rice pudding
Turmeric is currently being hailed as THE "new" superfood. The yellow spice has been a big thing in Ayurvedic cuisine for ages! But if you're rediscovering it for yourself these days - that's a good thing! The powder from the root with the unattractive name turmeric is actually a little miracle tuber! So eat more turmeric 😉
Plus, you can make so many delicious things with it. Besides the turmeric cake swoof, this rice pudding with turmeric and a good dollop of tahini is my absolute childhood favourite!
The recipe is so quick to make that we often had this instead of chocolate. When I was a kid, I always thought that if I ate enough stuff with turmeric, I'd turn yellow like Bart Simpson. I don't know why I wanted to look like a yellow cartoon character so badly. Hehe... Well, by now I can identify more with Homer than Bart anyway. NO!!!
Not that this rice pudding needs it, but I still like it with a liquid date syrup topping. I simply use the syrup that is usually used for the date drink jallab. The smoky syrup just has a great mix of dates and rose water that I really like - and it goes just perfectly with the turmeric and the toasted pine nuts. You can get jallab syrup in any oriental supermarket or online - and if you're not so keen on dates, just add a dollop of chocolate sauce.
And believe me: when you serve this rice pudding to your friends, they will be amazed, and not just because of the great colour... 🙂
Recipe for turmeric rice pudding
Ingredients
Preparation
- Heat the milk and cream in a large saucepan and add the rice pudding.
- Stir in the sugar, turmeric, tahini and bring to the boil for approx. 3 - 5 minutes while stirring.
- Turn the heat down to the lowest setting and let the rice pudding simmer for about 35 minutes with the lid closed. Keep stirring in between - otherwise your rice pudding will become lumpy.
- Toast the pine nuts in a small frying pan on medium heat until golden brown and then transfer to a plate to cool.
- When the rice pudding is ready, divide it among the bowls or plates and top with date syrup and toasted pine nuts, if desired.
This looks super delicious and will be made today.
Just one small question: Is that really 2 tablespoons of turmeric? That seems like so much...
Hi Sophia! Thank you so much for the compliment 🙂 .
It's actually 2 tablespoons 😉 .
LG
Rafik
All right! Thank you. It's already simmering away 😊