Cookbook:Sweet Rice I

| Cuisine | Caribbean cuisines | Cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago

Sweet rice is a rice pudding that can be served hot or cold.

Ingredients

 * 3 cups (700 ml) water
 * 1½ cups (350 g) white rice
 * 1½ tins (about 2 ½ cups / 600 g) evaporated milk
 * 2 tins (2 ½ cups / 600 g) sweetened condensed milk
 * 2 cinnamon sticks
 * 1 tbsp (5 ml) vanilla essence
 * 4 tbsp (20 ml) raisins (optional)

Procedure

 * 1) Bring water to a boil. Add rice, and boil until very soft. Most of the water should be absorbed by the rice. Add more water if necessary.
 * 2) Add evaporated milk, condensed milk, cinnamon sticks, and vanilla essence.
 * 3) Cook over medium heat, stirring once in a while to prevent sticking, until mixture has thickened and reached a pudding-like consistency.
 * 4) Remove from heat, and stir in raisins.
 * 5) Let stand.