This delicious Lebanese milk pudding is flavored with cardamom, which gives it a unique taste. If you cannot find cardamom extract, let a few crushed cardamom pods steep in the hot milk for several minutes until fragrant.
Preparation Details
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 55 mins
Servings: 5
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 6 tablespoons cornstarch
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 2 drops cardamom-flavored extract
Steps
- Combine 3/4 cup of the milk and cornstarch in a bowl and stir until smooth.
- Pour remaining milk into a pot and stir in sugar and cardamom extract. Heat over low heat, stirring until sugar is fully dissolved. Whisk in cornstarch mixture and simmer until thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Pour milk mixture into 5 ramekins, cover, and cool to room temperature. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
- Combine water, sugar, and vanilla seeds in a pot and bring to a boil over low heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Allow syrup to cool. Sprinkle each serving with pistachios and rose petals. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon syrup.
