Akki Huggi/ Salted Rice Kheer

Safflower Seeds/ Kusube

Akki Huggi/ Salted Rice Kheer
Festive Dish

Ingredients:
1 cup Cooked Rice
1 cup Safflower Seeds/ Kusube
3 Cardamom seeds powdered
Salt
1/4 cup Milk

Method
Soak safflower seeds in water for 1 hour.
Drain water and grind in mixer jar adding 1 cup water.
With the help of  strainer, strain the safflower seeds milk in a vessel.
Again grind remaining strained pulp by adding 1/2 cup water.
Strain the milk from the extract.
Mix safflower seeds milk, cooked rice and cardamom and cook for 2 minutes.
Add salt and 1/4 milk and cook until it starts boiling, turn off the flame.
Serve  hot Akki Huggi with 1 spoon ghee.

Note
Discard the safflower seeds pulp and only milk is added here.
Here I have used freshly harvested, immature, milky safflower seeds, they remain fresh for 1 month only.