The Best Rice Pudding with Arabic Mastic and Rosewater

Step 1

Soak rice for 10 minutes (optional) or rinse rice under cold water to remove starch.

Step 2

Place rice in a pot and cover with 1 cup of water.

Step 3

once it starts boiling, cover then turn it to low.

Step 4

Let simmer for 15 minutes until rice is fully cooked.

Step 5

Pour 2.5 cups of milk over the rice and keep stirring over medium heat.

Step 6

½ cup milk left mix with cornstarch then pour over the rice-milk mixtures.

Step 7

Grind mastic with 1 teaspoon of sugar in a hand grinder

Step 8

Add sugar and mastic, continue stirring on medium heat for another 15 minutes until it starts thickening and bubbling.

Step 9

Turn heat off and mix in the rose and orange blossom water.

Step 10

Pour the mixture into small bowls let it cool off for about ½ hour

Step 11

Place in the fridge. It can last up to a week in the fridge.