Rice Halawa (Sweet Rice Dessert)

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups short-grain Egyptian rice
• 7 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 pieces of mastic, crushed with 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 tablespoon rose water
• 500 g sweet akawi cheese (well-sweetened), drained and squeezed
• syrup (qatir or shireh)
• Rice Halawa recipe from our friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin Today:
• Umm Taha Al-Hamwi
• Click Umm Taha's name to visit her page on our site
• For a homemade rice pudding recipe click: Rice Pudding (Roz B Haleeb)

Method

1. Rinse the rice and place it with water in a pot over the heat and boil it, leaving it until the water evaporates and the rice is cooked
2. Crush the mastic with a spoonful of sugar and add them to the rice and stir
3. Blend the hot rice in a blender until smooth and return it to the pot
4. Add the sugar immediately and stir well until the sugar is completely dissolved
5. Add the cheese and stir; when it fully melts, add orange blossom water, stir, then cover the pot
6. Brush the serving dish with syrup and pour the rice halawa into it and garnish as desired
7. Serve the rice halawa when cooled; it can also be served chilled from the refrigerator
8. Umm Taha Al-Hamawi
9. To make rice pudding at home—delicious—click this link: How to make rice pudding
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