BAKED CHOCOLATE RICE PUDDING

DO you have leftover rice and dont know what to do with it? Do you have to make a dessert for dinner but are short on time on hand? If you answered yes to both the questions, then this recipe is definitely for you. It uses up leftover rice and also requires very little time.

Ingredients-

3 eggs
2 cups milk
3 tbsp pwd
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup cooked rice
4-5 tbsp cashewnuts, chopped
4-5 tbsp raisins
1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Butter for greasing

Method-

* Break the eggs in a bowl and whisk lightly.
* Slightly warm the milk and mix in the cocoa pwd and the sugar.
* Add this to the eggs and whisk well.
* Add the rice, nuts, raisins and the essence and mix well.
* Grease a baking dish with butter.
* Pour the rice mixture into the diah and bake at 180 C for 30-35 min or till a knife inserted into it comes out clean.
* Can be garnished by dusting with powdered sugar.
* And can also be served hot or cold.