If you’re concerned about the traditional recipe’s high calories, learn how to make this lighter version of the healthy rice pudding!
Sweet rice is one of the foods that makes a comeback as soon as temperatures start to drop. Despite being a delicious recipe that is most successful among Brazilians, however, it is necessary to have a balance when consuming it, since it is also usually quite caloric.
According to the healthy chef Dani Faria Lima, the ideal is to replace some traditional ingredients with lighter ones, to have a more balanced dessert without sacrificing taste.
Next, the professional tips and teaches how to make healthy rice pudding recipe, without refined sugar and animal milk. Check out the step by step and have fun without fear.
Healthy sweet rice recipe
ingredients
- ¾ cups arborio rice
- 500ml almond milk or your favorite
- 500ml of coconut milk
- Peel of ½ orange (without the white part)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 5 carnations
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 to 5 tablespoons natural sweetener of your choice (sweet to taste)
Way of doing
Put the butter in the pan with the spices (cloves and cinnamon). Heat up a bit and add the washed and drained (very dry) rice.
After mixing for three minutes, add the almond milk or milk of your choice.
Set aside ½ cup of the coconut milk and put the rest into the pan. Then add the orange zest, lower the heat and simmer for 20-25 minutes.
Cover the pan for another 5 minutes and turn off the heat. Peel off the orange peels for storage.
Source: Terra
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